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Meng Zhang; Teruyo Ito; Shigemi Kondo; Shanshuang Li; Takashi Miida; Shigeki Misawa; Akimichi Ohsaka; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Analysis of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec in BD GeneOhm MRSA Assay-Negative Strains.
Shigeyuki Notake; Kiyoko Tamai; Hideji Yanagisawa; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Mari Matsuda; Ken Kikuchi
Detection of IMP Metallo-β-Lactamase in Carbapenem-Nonsusceptible Enterobacteriaceae and Non-Glucose-Fermenting Gram-Negative Rods by Immunochromatography Assay.
Yuki Katayama; Miwa Sekine; Tadashi Baba; Minoru Fukuda; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Beta-hemolysin promotes skin colonization by Staphylococcus aureus.

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2013: Meng Zhang; Teruyo Ito; Shigemi Kondo; Shanshuang Li; Takashi Miida; Shigeki Misawa; Akimichi Ohsaka; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Analysis of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec in BD GeneOhm MRSA Assay-Negative Strains.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2013;57(6):2890-1.
2013: Shigeyuki Notake; Kiyoko Tamai; Hideji Yanagisawa; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Mari Matsuda; Ken Kikuchi
Detection of IMP Metallo-β-Lactamase in Carbapenem-Nonsusceptible Enterobacteriaceae and Non-Glucose-Fermenting Gram-Negative Rods by Immunochromatography Assay.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2013;51(6):1762-8.
2013: Yuki Katayama; Miwa Sekine; Tadashi Baba; Minoru Fukuda; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Beta-hemolysin promotes skin colonization by Staphylococcus aureus.
Journal of bacteriology 2013;195(6):1194-203.
2013: Ben Jomàa-Jemili Mariem; Meng Zhang; Hammami Adnan; Xiao Han; Boutiba-Ben Boubaker Ilhem; Teruyo Ito; Jingxun Jin; Shanshuang Li; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Panton-valentine leukocidin positive staphylococcus aureus clones disseminating in Tunisian hospitals and in the community.
BMC microbiology 2013;13():2.
2013: Minoru Fukuda; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Junko Kawasaki; Francois Niyonsaba; Ko Okumura; Mizuho Takeuchi; Hiroko Ushio; Tadashi Baba; Hideoki Ogawa
Expression and functional characterization of retinoic acid-inducible gene-I-like receptors of mast cells in response to viral infection.
Journal of innate immunity 2013;5(2):163-73.
2012: Naoto Matsuda; Shigeyuki Notake; Hirohide Yokokawa; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Yoshiaki Kawamura; Mari Matsuda; Ken Kikuchi
Evaluation of a simple protein extraction method for species identification of clinically relevant staphylococci by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2012;50(12):3862-6.
2012: Teruyo Ito; Joseph F John; Angela M Kearns; Kwan Soo Ko; Barry Kreiswirth; Frederic Laurent; Frances O'Brien; Duarte C Oliveira; Vincent Perreten; Robert L Skov; Bo Soderquist; Johanna E Sollid; Fred C Tenover; Alexander Tomasz; Henrik Westh; Kunyan Zhang; Susan Boyle-Vavra; Girbe Buist; David C Coleman; Robert Daum; Hermínia de Lencastre; Philip M Giffard; Richard Goering; Hajo Grundmann; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Matthew T G Holden
Guidelines for reporting novel mecA gene homologues.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2012;56(10):4997-9.
2012: Longzhu Cui; Akira Iwamoto; Hui-Min Neoh; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Coordinated phenotype switching with large-scale chromosome flip-flop inversion observed in bacteria.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2012;109(25):E1647-56.
2012: Keiichi Hiramatsu; Masayuki Igarashi; Yuh Morimoto; Maya Umekita; Tadashi Baba; Yuzuru Akamatsu
Curing bacteria of antibiotic resistance: reverse antibiotics, a novel class of antibiotics in nature.
International journal of antimicrobial agents 2012;39(6):478-85.
2012: Takashi Sasaki; Yoshikazu Tanaka; Sae Tsubakishita; Tsuneo Fukata; Isamu Hongo; Hidenori Kabeya; Soichi Maruyama; Masayuki Ohtsuka; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Population genetic structures of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from cats and dogs in Japan.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2012;50(6):2152-5.
2012: Jun Yamakawa; Mayumi Aminaka; Longzhu Cui; Satoshi Hori; Teruyo Ito; Jingxun Jin; Kazuo Kaneko; Yuki Katayama; Hiroyoshi Kobayashi; Shigemi Kondo; Hisashi Kurosawa; Ayako Nakamura; Toyoko Oguri; Katsuko Okuzumi; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Heterogeneously vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) emerged before the clinical introduction of vancomycin in Japan: a retrospective study.
Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy 2012;18(3):406-9.
2011: Shintaro Hirotaki; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; Takashi Sasaki; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Rapid and accurate identification of human-associated staphylococci by use of multiplex PCR.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2011;49(10):3627-31.
2011: Meng Zhang; Masato Higashide; Teruyo Ito; Jingxun Jin; Tsai-Ling Yang Lauderdale; Shanshuang Li; Fumihiko Takeuchi; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Identification of the third type of PVL phage in ST59 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains.
FEMS microbiology letters 2011;323(1):20-8.
2011: Ken Hisata; Teruyo Ito; Jingxun Jin; Mitsutaka Komatsu; Shanshuang Li; Nobuaki Matsunaga; Toshiaki Shimizu; Shinya Watanabe; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Dissemination of multiple MRSA clones among community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections from Japanese children with impetigo.
Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy 2011;17(5):609-21.
2011: Miki Matsuo; Longzhu Cui; Tomomi Hishinuma; Maria Kapi; Yuki Katayama; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Mutation of RNA polymerase beta subunit (rpoB) promotes hVISA-to-VISA phenotypic conversion of strain Mu3.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2011;55(9):4188-95.
2011: Yukiko Watanabe; Longzhu Cui; Yuki Katayama; Kishii Kozue; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Impact of rpoB mutations on reduced vancomycin susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2011;49(7):2680-4.
2011: Shanshuang Li; Robert Skov; Xiao Han; Anders Rhod Larsen; Jesper Larsen; Marit Sørum; Mireille Wulf; Andreas Voss; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Teruyo Ito
Novel types of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec elements identified in clonal complex 398 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2011;55(6):3046-50.
2011: Kaori Suzuki; Taisuke Murakami; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; Hiroshi Tamura; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Isao Nagaoka
Human anti-microbial cathelicidin peptide LL-37 suppresses the LPS-induced apoptosis of endothelial cells.
International immunology 2011;23(3):185-93.
2011: Yukiko Watanabe; Kenji Yaginuma; Terutoyo Yoshida; Yu Amari; Hiroyuki Daida; Teruhiko Hisaoka; Hiroshi Isonuma; Ken Kikuchi; Toshio Naito; Norihide Takaya; Yuki Uehara; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Infective endocarditis with Lactococcus garvieae in Japan: a case report.
Journal of medical case reports 2011;5():356.
2010: Longzhu Cui; Taisuke Isii; Minoru Fukuda; Tomonori Ochiai; Hui-Min Neoh; Ilana Lopes Baratella da Cunha Camargo; Yukiko Watanabe; Mitsutaka Shoji; Tomomi Hishinuma; Keiichi Hiramatsu
An RpoB mutation confers dual heteroresistance to daptomycin and vancomycin in Staphylococcus aureus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2010;54(12):5222-33.
2010: Sae Tsubakishita; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; Takashi Sasaki; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Origin and molecular evolution of the determinant of methicillin resistance in staphylococci.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2010;54(10):4352-9.
2010: Teruyo Ito; Kyoko Kuwahara; Keiko Okuma; Longzhu Cui; Ken Hisata; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Community-associated MRSA: current status and molecular epidemiological perspective].
Kansenshōgaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases 2010;84(5 Suppl 1):23-33.
2010: Teruyo Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Recent advances of molecular epidemiological testing based on S. aureus genomes].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2010;68 Suppl 8():560-7.
2010: Aroonlug Lulitanond; Aroonwadee Chanawong; Pipat Sribenjalux; Chotechana Wilailuckana; Wanlop Kaewkes; Malai Vorachit; Teruyo Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Preliminary report of SCCmec-types and antimicrobial susceptibilities of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from a university hospital in Thailand.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health 2010;41(4):920-7.
2010: Sae Tsubakishita; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; Tadashi Baba; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec-like element in Macrococcus caseolyticus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2010;54(4):1469-75.
2010: Takashi Sasaki; Sae Tsubakishita; Yoshikazu Tanaka; Arihito Sakusabe; Masayuki Ohtsuka; Shintaro Hirotaki; Tetsuji Kawakami; Tsuneo Fukata; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Multiplex-PCR method for species identification of coagulase-positive staphylococci.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2010;48(3):765-9.
2009: Masayuki Ohtsuka; Ken Kikuchi; Kazuya Shundo; Kenji Okada; Masato Higashide; Keisuke Sunakawa; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Improved selective isolation of Bordetella pertussis by use of modified cyclodextrin solid medium.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2009;47(12):4164-7.
2009: Taisuke Murakami; Toru Obata; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; Hiroshi Tamura; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Isao Nagaoka
Antimicrobial cathelicidin polypeptide CAP11 suppresses the production and release of septic mediators in D-galactosamine-sensitized endotoxin shock mice.
International immunology 2009;21(8):905-12.
2009: Yuki Katayama; Hiroko Murakami-Kuroda; Longzhu Cui; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Selection of heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus by imipenem.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2009;53(8):3190-6.
2009: Mitsutaka Komatsu; Yutaka Tajima; Teruyo Ito; Yuichiro Yamashiro; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Use of a sensitive chemiluminescence-based assay to evaluate the metabolic suppression activity of linezolid on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus showing reduced susceptibility to vancomycin.
Journal of microbiology and biotechnology 2009;19(7):734-42.
2009: Masayuki Ohtsuka; Ken Kikuchi; Kenichiro Shimizu; Namiko Takahashi; Yuka Ono; Takashi Sasaki; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Emergence of quinolone-resistant Bordetella pertussis in Japan.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2009;53(7):3147-9.
2009: Aroonlug Lulitanond; Chulapan Engchanil; Prajuab Chaimanee; Malai Vorachit; Teruyo Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
The first vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from patients in Thailand.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2009;47(7):2311-6.
2009: Xiao Han; Teruyo Ito; Fumihiko Takeuchi; Xiao Xue Ma; Michihiko Takasu; Yoshio Uehara; Duarte C Oliveira; Hermínia de Lencastre; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Identification of a novel variant of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec, type II.5, and Its truncated form by insertion of putative conjugative transposon Tn6012.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2009;53(6):2616-9.
2009: Gayathri Arakere; Savitha Nadig; Teruyo Ito; Xiao Xue Ma; Keiichi Hiramatsu
A novel type-III staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) variant among Indian isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
FEMS microbiology letters 2009;292(1):141-8.
2009: Longzhu Cui; Hui-Min Neoh; Mitsutaka Shoji; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Contribution of vraSR and graSR point mutations to vancomycin resistance in vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2009;53(3):1231-4.
2009: Tadashi Baba; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; Ikuo Uchiyama; Fumihiko Takeuchi; Teruyo Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Complete genome sequence of Macrococcus caseolyticus strain JCSCS5402, [corrected] reflecting the ancestral genome of the human-pathogenic staphylococci.
Journal of bacteriology 2009;191(4):1180-90.
2009: Shinya Watanabe; Teruyo Ito; Takashi Sasaki; Shanshuang Li; Ikuo Uchiyama; Kozue Kishii; Ken Kikuchi; Robert Leo Skov; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Genetic diversity of staphylocoagulase genes (coa): insight into the evolution of variable chromosomal virulence factors in Staphylococcus aureus.
PloS one 2009;4(5):e5714.
2008: ilana camargo; Hui-Min Neoh; Longzhu Cui; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Serial daptomycin selection generates daptomycin-nonsusceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains with a heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate phenotype.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2008;52(12):4289-99.
2008: Tengku Zetty Maztura Tengku Jamaluddin; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; Ken Hisata; Masahiko Terasawa; Longzhu Cui; Tadashi Baba; Chie Sotozono; Shigeru Kinoshita; Teruyo Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Extreme genetic diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis strains disseminated among healthy Japanese children.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2008;46(11):3778-83.
2008: Xiao Xue Ma; Teruyo Ito; Yoko Kondo; Moe Cho; Yukio Yoshizawa; Jun Kaneko; Atsuo Katai; Masato Higashiide; Shanshuang Li; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Two different Panton-Valentine leukocidin phage lineages predominate in Japan.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2008;46(10):3246-58.
2008: Carolina Berglund; Teruyo Ito; Megumi Ikeda; Xiao Xue Ma; Bo Söderquist; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Novel type of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec in a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain isolated in Sweden.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2008;52(10):3512-6.
2008: Kenichiro Shimizu; Ken Kikuchi; Takashi Sasaki; Namiko Takahashi; Masayuki Ohtsuka; Yuka Ono; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Smqnr, a new chromosome-carried quinolone resistance gene in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2008;52(10):3823-5.
2008: Ken Kikuchi; Takashi Sugita; Koichi Makimura; Kensaku Urata; Takashi Someya; Takashi Sasaki; Katsuhiko Kamei; Masakazu Niimi; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Yoshimasa Uehara
Is Histoplasma capsulatum a native inhabitant of Japan?
Microbiology and immunology 2008;52(9):455-9.
2008: Saichi Hoshi; Ken Kikuchi; Takashi Sasaki; Chie Sotozono; Shigeru Kinoshita; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Postantibiotic effects and bactericidal activities of levofloxacin and gatifloxacin at concentrations simulating those of topical ophthalmic administration against fluoroquinolone-resistant and fluoroquinolone-sensitive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2008;52(8):2970-3.
2008: Kozue Kishii; Teruyo Ito; Shinya Watanabe; Katsuko Okuzumi; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Recurrence of heterogeneous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among the MRSA clinical isolates in a Japanese university hospital.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2008;62(2):324-8.
2008: Mitsutaka Komatsu; Yutaka Tajima; Teruyo Ito; Yuichiro Yamashiro; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Time-suppression test using a colorimetric probe (alamarBlue) that measures bacterial metabolic activity.
Biomedical research (Tokyo, Japan) 2008;29(3):171-3.
2008: Hui-Min Neoh; Longzhu Cui; Harumi Yuzawa; Fumihiko Takeuchi; Miki Matsuo; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Mutated response regulator graR is responsible for phenotypic conversion of Staphylococcus aureus from heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate resistance to vancomycin-intermediate resistance.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2008;52(1):45-53.
2008: Tadashi Baba; Taeok Bae; Olaf Schneewind; Fumihiko Takeuchi; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus strain Newman and comparative analysis of staphylococcal genomes: polymorphism and evolution of two major pathogenicity islands.
Journal of bacteriology 2008;190(1):300-10.
2007: Shinya Watanabe; Teruyo Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Susceptibilities of healthcare- and community-associated methicillin-resistant staphylococci to the novel des-F(6)-quinolone DX-619.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2007;60(6):1384-7.
2007: Yutaka Tajima; Mitsutaka Komatsu; Teruyo Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus strains having reduced susceptibility to vancomycin using a chemiluminescence-based drug-susceptibility test.
Journal of microbiological methods 2007;70(3):434-41.
2007: Takashi Sasaki; Ken Kikuchi; Yoshikazu Tanaka; Namiko Takahashi; Shinichi Kamata; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Reclassification of phenotypically identified staphylococcus intermedius strains.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2007;45(9):2770-8.
2007: Satoko Ichikawa; Mihoko Ishihara; Tadaharu Okazaki; Kengo Warabi; Yoshifumi Kato; Satoshi Hori; Geoffrey Lane; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Eiichi Inada; Hiroyuki Kobayashi; Atsuyuki Yamataka
Prospective study of antibiotic protocols for managing surgical site infections in children.
Journal of pediatric surgery 2007;42(6):1002-7; discussion 1007.
2007: Takashi Sasaki; Ken Kikuchi; Yoshikazu Tanaka; Namiko Takahashi; Shinichi Kamata; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in a veterinary teaching hospital.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2007;45(4):1118-25.
2007: Shinya Watanabe; Teruyo Ito; Yuh Morimoto; Fumihiko Takeuchi; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Precise excision and self-integration of a composite transposon as a model for spontaneous large-scale chromosome inversion/deletion of the Staphylococcus haemolyticus clinical strain JCSC1435.
Journal of bacteriology 2007;189(7):2921-5.
2007: Hiroko Kuroda; Makoto Kuroda; Longzhu Cui; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Subinhibitory concentrations of beta-lactam induce haemolytic activity in Staphylococcus aureus through the SaeRS two-component system.
FEMS microbiology letters 2007;268(1):98-105.
2007: Teruyo Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Evolution and spread of SCCmec among staphylococci].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2007;65 Suppl 2 Pt. 1():415-22.
2007: Fumihiko Takeuchi; Tadashi Baba; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Comparative analysis of MRSA.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2007;391():153-68.
2007: Teruyo Ito; Kyoko Kuwahara; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec(SCC mec) analysis of MRSA.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2007;391():87-102.
2007: Hui-Min Neoh; Satoshi Hori; Mitsutaka Komatsu; Toyoko Oguri; Fumihiko Takeuchi; Longzhu Cui; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Impact of reduced vancomycin susceptibility on the therapeutic outcome of MRSA bloodstream infections.
Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials 2007;6():13.
2007: Yoko Kondo; Teruyo Ito; Xiao Xue Ma; Shinya Watanabe; Barry N Kreiswirth; Jerome Etienne; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Combination of multiplex PCRs for staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type assignment: rapid identification system for mec, ccr, and major differences in junkyard regions.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2007;51(1):264-74.
2006: Xiao Xue Ma; Teruyo Ito; Piriyaporn Chongtrakool; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Predominance of clones carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in Japanese hospitals from 1979 to 1985.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2006;44(12):4515-27.
2006: Taeok Bae; Tadashi Baba; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Olaf Schneewind
Prophages of Staphylococcus aureus Newman and their contribution to virulence.
Molecular microbiology 2006;62(4):1035-47.
2006: Longzhu Cui; Eiji Tominaga; Hui-Min Neoh; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Correlation between Reduced Daptomycin Susceptibility and Vancomycin Resistance in Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2006;50(3):1079-82.
2006: Piriyaporn Chongtrakool; Teruyo Ito; Xiao Xue Ma; Yoko Kondo; Suwanna Trakulsomboon; Chuntima Tiensasitorn; Mantana Jamklang; Tavinun Chavalit; Jae-Hoon Song; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in 11 Asian countries: a proposal for a new nomenclature for SCCmec elements.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2006;50(3):1001-12.
2006: Longzhu Cui; Akira Iwamoto; Jian-Qi Lian; Hui-Min Neoh; Toshiki Maruyama; Yataro Horikawa; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Novel mechanism of antibiotic resistance originating in vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2006;50(2):428-38.
2005: Teruyo Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Nucleic acid-based testing for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2005;63 Suppl 12():378-86.
2005: Müzeyyen Mamal Torun; Hrisi Bahar; mehmet demirci; Kemal Altaş; Yaşar Bağdatli; Bekir Kocazeybek; Maria Kapi; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Two heterogeneously vancomycin-intermediate clinical isolates of methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Turkish university hospital: brief report of a surveillance study.
International journal of antimicrobial agents 2005;26(6):508-10.
2005: Fumihiko Takeuchi; Shinya Watanabe; Tadashi Baba; Harumi Yuzawa; Teruyo Ito; Yuh Morimoto; Makoto Kuroda; Longzhu Cui; Mikio Takahashi; Akiho Ankai; Shin-ichi Baba; Shigehiro Fukui; Jean C Lee; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Whole-genome sequencing of staphylococcus haemolyticus uncovers the extreme plasticity of its genome and the evolution of human-colonizing staphylococcal species.
Journal of bacteriology 2005;187(21):7292-308.
2005: Longzhu Cui; Jian-Qi Lian; Hui-Min Neoh; Ethel Reyes; Keiichi Hiramatsu
DNA microarray-based identification of genes associated with glycopeptide resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2005;49(8):3404-13.
2005: Ken Hisata; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; Munetaka Yamanoto; Teruyo Ito; Yasuo Nakatomi; Longzhu Cui; Tadashi Baba; Masahiko Terasawa; Chie Sotozono; Shigeru Kinoshita; Yuichiro Yamashiro; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Dissemination of methicillin-resistant staphylococci among healthy Japanese children.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2005;43(7):3364-72.
2005: Xiao Xue Ma; Antonio Galiana; Walter Pedreira; Martin Mowszowicz; Inés Christophersen; Silvia Machiavello; Liliana Lope; Sara Benaderet; Fernanda Buela; Walter Vincentino; Maria Albini; Olivier Bertaux; Irene Constenla; Homero Bagnulo; Luis Llosa; Teruyo Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Uruguay.
Emerging infectious diseases 2005;11(6):973-6.
2005: Shinya Watanabe; Teruyo Ito; Fumihiko Takeuchi; M Endo; E Okuno; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Structural comparison of ten serotypes of staphylocoagulases in Staphylococcus aureus.
Journal of bacteriology 2005;187(11):3698-707.
2005: Isao Nagaoka; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; Hiroshi Tamura; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Michimasa Hirata
Augmentation of the bactericidal activities of human cathelicidin CAP18/LL-37-derived antimicrobial peptides by amino acid substitutions.
Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] 2005;54(2):66-73.
2005: Li-Hwei Sng; Tse Hsien Koh; Grace Chee Yeng Wang; Li-Yang Hsu; Maria Kapi; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Heterogeneous vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (hetero-VISA) in Singapore.
International journal of antimicrobial agents 2005;25(2):177-9.
2004: Keiichi Hiramatsu; Shinya Watanabe; Fumihiko Takeuchi; Teruyo Ito; Tadashi Baba
Genetic characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Vaccine 2004;22 Suppl 1():S5-8.
2004: Jae-Hoon Song; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Ji Yoeun Suh; Kwan Soo Ko; Teruyo Ito; Maria Kapi; Sungmin Kiem; Yeon-Sook Kim; WON SUP OH; Kyong Ran Peck; Nam Yong Lee
Emergence in Asian countries of Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2004;48(12):4926-8.
2004: Keiichi Hiramatsu; Longzhu Cui; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai
Has vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus started going it alone?
Lancet 2004;364(9434):565-6.
2004: Teruyo Ito; Xiao Xue Ma; Fumihiko Takeuchi; Keiko Okuma; Harumi Yuzawa; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Novel type V staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec driven by a novel cassette chromosome recombinase, ccrC.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2004;48(7):2637-51.
2004: Teruyo Ito; Kyoko Kuwahara; Ken Hisata; Keiko Okuma; Longzhu Cui; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: current status and molecular epidemiological perspective].
Kansenshōgaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases 2004;78(6):459-69.
2004: Makoto Kuroda; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Genome sequencing and annotation: an overview.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2004;266():29-45.
2003: Makoto Kuroda; Hiroko Kuroda; Taku Oshima; Fumihiko Takeuchi; Hirotada Mori; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Two-component system VraSR positively modulates the regulation of cell-wall biosynthesis pathway in Staphylococcus aureus.
Molecular microbiology 2003;49(3):807-21.
2003: Yuki Katayama; Fumihiko Takeuchi; Teruyo Ito; Xiao Xue Ma; Yoko Ui-Mizutani; Ichizo Kobayashi; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Identification in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus hominis of an active primordial mobile genetic element for the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Journal of bacteriology 2003;185(9):2711-22.
2003: Ken Hisata; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Staphylococcus].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2003;61 Suppl 3():659-64.
2003: Teruyo Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2003;61 Suppl 3():164-70.
2003: Keiko Okuma; Teruyo Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Staphylococcal infections].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2003;61 Suppl 2():311-6.
2003: Teruyo Ito; Keiko Okuma; Xiao Xue Ma; Harumi Yuzawa; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Insights on antibiotic resistance of Staphylococcus aureus from its whole genome: genomic island SCC.
Drug resistance updates : reviews and commentaries in antimicrobial and anticancer chemotherapy 2003;6(1):41-52.
2003: Reiko Yoshida; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; Tadashi Baba; Longzhu Cui; Judith F Richardson; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Physiological and molecular analysis of a mecA-negative Staphylococcus aureus clinical strain that expresses heterogeneous methicillin resistance.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2003;51(2):247-55.
2003: Longzhu Cui; Xiaoxue Ma; Katsuhiro Sato; Keiko Okuma; Fred C Tenover; Elsa M Mamizuka; Curtis G Gemmell; Mi-Na Kim; Marie-Cécile Ploy; N El-Solh; Vivian Ferraz; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Cell wall thickening is a common feature of vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2003;41(1):5-14.
2002: Keiko Okuma; Kozue Iwakawa; John D Turnidge; Warren B Grubb; Jan M Bell; Frances G O'Brien; Geoffrey W Coombs; John W Pearman; Fred C Tenover; Maria Kapi; Chuntima Tiensasitorn; Teruyo Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Dissemination of new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in the community.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2002;40(11):4289-94.
2002: Robert S Daum; Teruyo Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Farid M Hussain; Kanokporn Mongkolrattanothai; Mantana Jamklang; Susan Boyle-Vavra
A novel methicillin-resistance cassette in community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates of diverse genetic backgrounds.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2002;186(9):1344-7.
2002: Toyoko Oguri; Jun Igari; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Akira Watanabe; Matsuhisa Inoue; Michiko Abe; Nobuhisa Yamane; Masanori Aihara; Hajime Hashimoto
[beta-lactamase-producing activity and antimicrobial susceptibility of major pathogenic bacteria isolated from clinical samples. Japan beta-lactamase Research Group].
The Japanese journal of antibiotics 2002;55 Suppl A():1-28.
2002: Keiichi Hiramatsu; Keiko Okuma; Xiao Xue Ma; Munetaka Yamamoto; Satoshi Hori; Maria Kapi
New trends in Staphylococcus aureus infections: glycopeptide resistance in hospital and methicillin resistance in the community.
Current opinion in infectious diseases 2002;15(4):407-13.
2002: Keiichi Hiramatsu; Yuki Katayama; Harumi Yuzawa; Teruyo Ito
Molecular genetics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM 2002;292(2):67-74.
2002: Wil C van Der Zwet; Yvette J Debets-Ossenkopp; Erik Reinders; Maria Kapi; Paul H M Savelkoul; Ruurd M van Elburg; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Christina M.J.E, Vandenbroucke-Grauls
Nosocomial spread of a Staphylococcus capitis strain with heteroresistance to vancomycin in a neonatal intensive care unit.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2002;40(7):2520-5.
2002: Tadashi Baba; Fumihiko Takeuchi; Makoto Kuroda; Harumi Yuzawa; Ken-ichi Aoki; Akio Oguchi; Yoshimi Nagai; Natsuko Iwama; Kazuyuki Asano; Timothy Naimi; Hiroko Kuroda; Longzhu Cui; Kenji Yamamoto; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Genome and virulence determinants of high virulence community-acquired MRSA.
Lancet 2002;359(9320):1819-27.
2002: Xiao Xue Ma; Teruyo Ito; Chuntima Tiensasitorn; Mantana Jamklang; Piriyaporn Chongtrakool; Susan Boyle-Vavra; Robert S Daum; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Novel type of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec identified in community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2002;46(4):1147-52.
2001: Keiichi Hiramatsu
Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a new model of antibiotic resistance.
The Lancet infectious diseases 2001;1(3):147-55.
2001: Keiichi Hiramatsu; Longzhu Cui; Makoto Kuroda; Teruyo Ito
The emergence and evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Trends in microbiology 2001;9(10):486-93.
2001: Yuki Katayama; Teruyo Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Genetic organization of the chromosome region surrounding mecA in clinical staphylococcal strains: role of IS431-mediated mecI deletion in expression of resistance in mecA-carrying, low-level methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2001;45(7):1955-63.
2001: Teruyo Ito; Yuki Katayama; K Asada; N Mori; K Tsutsumimoto; Chuntima Tiensasitorn; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Structural comparison of three types of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec integrated in the chromosome in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2001;45(5):1323-36.
2001: N Aritaka; H Hanaki; Longzhu Cui; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Combination effect of vancomycin and beta-lactams against a Staphylococcus aureus strain, Mu3, with heterogeneous resistance to vancomycin.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2001;45(4):1292-4.
2001: N Kondo; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; H Kuroda-Murakami; E Tateda-Suzuki; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Eagle-type methicillin resistance: new phenotype of high methicillin resistance under mec regulator gene control.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2001;45(3):815-24.
2001: H Hanaki; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Detection Methods for Glycopeptide-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus II : Cell Wall Analysis.
Methods in molecular medicine 2001;48():93-101.
2000: Longzhu Cui; H Murakami; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; H Hanaki; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Contribution of a thickened cell wall and its glutamine nonamidated component to the vancomycin resistance expressed by Staphylococcus aureus Mu50.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2000;44(9):2276-85.
2000: T Itou; Yuki Katayama; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[A new mobile genetic element, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec, encodes methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus].
Nihon saikingaku zasshi. Japanese journal of bacteriology 2000;55(3):483-98.
2000: Makoto Kuroda; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[The mechanism of vancomycin-resistant in Staphylococcus aureus].
Tanpakushitsu kakusan koso. Protein, nucleic acid, enzyme 2000;45(8):1329-38.
2000: Yuki Katayama; Teruyo Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
A new class of genetic element, staphylococcus cassette chromosome mec, encodes methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2000;44(6):1549-55.
2000: M Kuroda; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Identification of the up- and down-regulated genes in vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains Mu3 and Mu50 by cDNA differential hybridization method.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2000;269(2):485-90.
1999: Akihiko Ohwada; Mitsuaki Sekiya; H Hanaki; K K Arai; Isao Nagaoka; S Hori; S Tominaga; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Yoshinosuke Fukuchi
DNA vaccination by mecA sequence evokes an antibacterial immune response against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1999;44(6):767-74.
1999: H Hanaki; Y Inaba; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Investigation of the antibacterial activity of faropenem against Streptococcus pneumoniae].
The Japanese journal of antibiotics 1999;52(9):563-70.
1999: Teruyo Ito; Yuki Katayama; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Cloning and nucleotide sequence determination of the entire mec DNA of pre-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus N315.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1999;43(6):1449-58.
1999: N Ikeda; H Hanaki; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Y Kuwabara
[In vitro susceptibility of Streptococcus agalactiae clinical isolates to beta-lactam antibiotics].
Kansenshōgaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases 1999;73(2):163-71.
1999: Longzhu Cui; H Kasegawa; Y Murakami; H Hanaki; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Postoperative toxic shock syndrome caused by a highly virulent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 1999;31(2):208-9.
1999: K Kuwahara; H Hanaki; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Infections of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) and Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA)].
Ryōikibetsu shōkōgun shirīzu 1999;(23 Pt 1):182-5.
1998: Keiichi Hiramatsu; H Hanaki
Glycopeptide resistance in staphylococci.
Current opinion in infectious diseases 1998;11(6):653-8.
1998: D Kato; H Hanaki; L Cui; T Oguri; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[In vitro susceptibilities of clinical isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci to glycopeptide antibiotics].
The Japanese journal of antibiotics 1998;51(12):735-45.
1998: Yutaka Inaba; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Emergence of hetero-VRSA strains in Japanese hospitals and its countermeasure].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 1998;56(10):2699-705.
1998: H Hanaki; Harald Labischinski; Y Inaba; N Kondo; H Murakami; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Increase in glutamine-non-amidated muropeptides in the peptidoglycan of vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain Mu50.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1998;42(3):315-20.
1998: H Hanaki; Y Inaba; K Sasaki; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[A novel method of detecting Staphylococcus aureus heterogeneously resistant to vancomycin (hetero-VRSA)].
The Japanese journal of antibiotics 1998;51(8):521-30.
1998: H Hanaki; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; Susan Boyle-Vavra; Robert S Daum; Harald Labischinski; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Activated cell-wall synthesis is associated with vancomycin resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical strains Mu3 and Mu50.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1998;42(2):199-209.
1998: H Hanaki; Harald Labischinski; Y Inaba; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Increase of non-amidated muropeptides in the cell wall of vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) strain Mu50].
The Japanese journal of antibiotics 1998;51(4):272-80.
1998: H Hanaki; Harald Labischinski; K Sasaki; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; Y Inaba; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Mechanism of vancomycin resistance in MRSA strain Mu50].
The Japanese journal of antibiotics 1998;51(3):237-47.
1998: Keiichi Hiramatsu
Vancomycin resistance in staphylococci.
Drug resistance updates : reviews and commentaries in antimicrobial and anticancer chemotherapy 1998;1(2):135-50.
1997: Keiichi Hiramatsu; N Aritaka; H Hanaki; S Kawasaki; Y Hosoda; S Hori; Yoshinosuke Fukuchi; I Kobayashi
Dissemination in Japanese hospitals of strains of Staphylococcus aureus heterogeneously resistant to vancomycin.
Lancet 1997;350(9092):1670-3.
1997: H Hanaki; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Evaluation of reduced vancomycin susceptibility of MRSA strain Mu50 with various conditions of antibiotic susceptibility tests].
The Japanese journal of antibiotics 1997;50(9):794-8.
1997: Teruyo Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Genetics of multiresistant MRSA].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 1997;55(5):1200-5.
1997: H Fukuda; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Mechanisms of endogenous drug resistance acquisition by spontaneous chromosomal gene mutation].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 1997;55(5):1185-90.
1997: N Kondo; T Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Genetic basis for molecular epidemiology of MRSA].
Nihon saikingaku zasshi. Japanese journal of bacteriology 1997;52(2):417-34.
1997: Teruyo Ito; E Akino; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Evaluation of antibiotics used for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 enteritis--effect of various antibiotics on extracellular release of verotoxin].
Kansenshōgaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases 1997;71(2):130-5.
1997: T Yoshida; N Kondo; Y A Hanifah; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Combined use of ribotyping, PFGE typing and IS431 typing in the discrimination of nosocomial strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Microbiology and immunology 1997;41(9):687-95.
1996: Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; N Kondo; S Hori; E Tateda-Suzuki; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Suppression of methicillin resistance in a mecA-containing pre-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain is caused by the mecI-mediated repression of PBP 2' production.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1996;40(12):2680-5.
1996: T Yoshida; E Tateda; Keiichi Hiramatsu; T Yokota
[In vitro antibacterial activity of a new parenteral penem, sulopenem].
The Japanese journal of antibiotics 1996;49(4):324-37.
1995: K Asada; Y Inaba; E Tateda-Suzuki; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; T Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Evolution and resistance expression of MRSA. Evaluation of beta-lactam antibiotics against a set of isogenic strains with different types of phenotypic expression.
Acta biochimica Polonica 1995;42(4):517-24.
1995: Keiichi Hiramatsu
Molecular evolution of MRSA.
Microbiology and immunology 1995;39(8):531-43.
1994: Y A Hanifah; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of chromosomal DNA of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with nosocomial infections.
The Malaysian journal of pathology 1994;16(2):151-6.
1994: T Ito; T Higuchi; M Hirobe; Keiichi Hiramatsu; T Yokota
Identification of a novel sugar, 4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-2-O-methylmannose in the lipopolysaccharide of Vibrio cholerae O1 serotype Ogawa.
Carbohydrate research 1994;256(1):113-28.
1994: S Hori; Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 1994;52(2):327-31.
1993: A Wada; H Ohta; K Kulthanan; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Molecular cloning and mapping of 16S-23S rRNA gene complexes of Staphylococcus aureus.
Journal of bacteriology 1993;175(22):7483-7.
1993: S Hori; Y Ohshita; Y Utsui; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Sequential acquisition of norfloxacin and ofloxacin resistance by methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1993;37(11):2278-84.
1993: E Suzuki; Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai; J F Richardson; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Distribution of mec regulator genes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus clinical strains.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1993;37(6):1219-26.
1993: T Yoshida; Keiichi Hiramatsu
Potent in vitro bactericidal activity of polymyxin B against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Microbiology and immunology 1993;37(11):853-9.
1993: T Ito; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Y Ohshita; T Yokota
Mutations in the rfbT gene are responsible for the Ogawa to inaba serotype conversion in Vibrio cholerae O1.
Microbiology and immunology 1993;37(4):281-8.
1992: Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Application of ribotyping to the identification and molecular epidemiology of staphylococci].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 1992;50 Suppl():333-8.
1992: Keiichi Hiramatsu
[Molecular genetics of MRSA].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 1992;50(5):938-44.
1992: Y A Hanifah; Keiichi Hiramatsu; T Yokota
Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with nosocomial infections in the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur.
The Journal of hospital infection 1992;21(1):15-28.
1992: Keiichi Hiramatsu; K Asada; E Suzuki; K Okonogi; T Yokota
Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence determination of the regulator region of mecA gene in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
FEBS letters 1992;298(2-3):133-6.
1992: E Suzuki; Keiichi Hiramatsu; T Yokota
Survey of methicillin-resistant clinical strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci for mecA gene distribution.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1992;36(2):429-34.
1992: Keiichi Hiramatsu; H Kihara; T Yokota
Analysis of borderline-resistant strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using polymerase chain reaction.
Microbiology and immunology 1992;36(5):445-53.
1991: T Ito; Y Ohshita; Keiichi Hiramatsu; T Yokota
Identification and nucleotide sequence determination of the gene responsible for Ogawa serotype specificity of V. cholerae 01.
FEBS letters 1991;286(1-2):159-62.
1991: A Wada; Y Katayama; Keiichi Hiramatsu; T Yokota
Southern hybridization analysis of the mecA deletion from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1991;176(3):1319-25.
1991: T Ito; Y Ohshita; Tetsuya Nakamoto; Keiichi Hiramatsu; T Yokota
Identification of the genomic region determining serotype specificity of Vibrio cholerae 01.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1991;175(2):679-84.
1991: K Kanda; E Suzuki; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Toyoko Oguri; H Miura; T Ezaki; T Yokota
Identification of a methicillin-resistant strain of Staphylococcus caprae from a human clinical specimen.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1991;35(1):174-6.
1990: Y Ohshita; Keiichi Hiramatsu; T Yokota
A point mutation in norA gene is responsible for quinolone resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1990;172(3):1028-34.
1990: K Kanda; Keiichi Hiramatsu; T Yokota
Gel electrophoretic analysis of penicillin-binding proteins of coagulase negative staphylococci.
FEMS microbiology letters 1990;60(1-2):51-3.
1990: Keiichi Hiramatsu; E Suzuki; H Takayama; Y Katayama; T Yokota
Role of penicillinase plasmids in the stability of the mecA gene in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1990;34(4):600-4.