The baseline time span for this database is 1997-October 31, 2007 (fifth
bimonthly period in 2007). The resulting database contained 2,451 2-year
papers. The papers are ranked according to total cites.
*Article 1 Total Cites: 204
Article Title: Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus disease in three
communities
Authors: Fridkin, SK, Hageman, JC, Morrison, M, Sanza, LT, Como-sabetti, K,
Jernigan, JA, Harriman, K, Harrison, LH, Lynfield, R, Farley, MM, Active
Bacterial Core Surveillance
Journal: NEW ENGL J MED
Volume: 352
Page: 1436-1444
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· CTR DIS CONTROL & PREVENT, Div Bacterial & Mycot Dis, Natl
Ctr Infect Dis, Atlanta, GA, USA
· CTR DIS CONTROL & PREVENT, Div Healthcare Qual Promot, Natl
Ctr Infect Dis, Atlanta, GA, USA
· EMORY UNIV, Sch Med, Atlanta, GA, USA
· VET ADM MED CTR, Atlanta, GA, USA
· JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Baltimore, MD,
USA
· MINNESOTA DEPT HLTH, Minneapolis, MN, USA
· CDC, NCID, DBMD, MDB, Atlanta, GA, USA
*Article 2 Total Cites: 133
Article Title: Necrotizing fasciitis caused by community-associated
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Los Angeles
Authors: Miller, LG, Perdreau-remington, F, Rieg, G, Mehdi, S, Perlroth, J,
Bayer, AS, Tang, AW, Phung, TO, Spellberg, B
Journal: NEW ENGL J MED
Volume: 352
Page: 1445-1453
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· HARBOR UCLA MED CTR, Div Infect Dis, Torrance, CA, USA
· HARBOR UCLA MED CTR, Div HIV Med, Torrance, CA, USA
· HARBOR UCLA MED CTR, Dept Internal Med, Torrance, CA, USA
· HARBOR UCLA MED CTR, Los Angeles Biomed Inst, Torrance, CA,
USA
· UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO, San Francisco, CA, USA
· ST MARY HOSP, Long Beach, CA, USA
· Harbor UCLA Med Ctr, Div Infect Dis, Torrance, CA, USA
*Article 3 Total Cites: 128
Article Title: A clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among
professional football players
Authors: Kazakova, SV, Hageman, JC, Matava, M, Srinivasan, A, Phelan, L,
Garfinkel, B, Boo, T, Mcallister, S, Anderson, J, Jensen, B, Dodson, D,
Lonsway, D, Mcdougal, LK, Arduino, M, Fraser, VJ, Killgore, G, Tenover, FC,
Cody, S, Jernigan, DB
Journal: NEW ENGL J MED
Volume: 352
Page: 468-475
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· CTR DIS CONTROL & PREVENT, Epidem Intelligence Serv, Div
Healthcare Qual Promot, Natl Ctr Infect Dis, Atlanta, GA, USA
· CTR DIS CONTROL & PREVENT, Epidem Intelligence Serv, Div Appl
Publ Hlth Training, Epidemiol Program Off, Atlanta, GA, USA
· WASHINGTON UNIV, Sch Med, Dept Orthoped Surg, St Louis, MO,
USA
· WASHINGTON UNIV, Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Div Infect Dis, St
Louis, MO, USA
· Missouri Dept Hlth & Senior Serv, St Louis, MO, USA
· BJC Med Grp, St Louis, MO, USA
· St Louis Rams Profess Football Team, St Louis, MO, USA
· SANTA CLARA CTY HLTH DEPT, Off Dis Control, San Jose, CA,
USA
· CDCP, Epidem Intelligence Serv, Div Healthcare Qual Promot, Natl
Ctr Infect Dis, Atlanta, GA, USA
*Article 4 Total Cites: 110
Article Title: Severe community-onset pneumonia in healthy adults caused by
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the Panton-Valentine
leukocidin genes
Authors: Francis, JS, Doherty, MC, Lopatin, U, Johnston, CP, Sinha, G,
Ross, T, Cai, M, Hansel, NN, Perl, T, Ticehurst, JR, Carroll, K, Thomas,
DL, Nuermberger, E, Bartlett, JG
Journal: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume: 40
Page: 100-107
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, Div Infect Dis, Dept Med, Johns Hopkins Med
Inst, Baltimore, MD, USA
· JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med, Dept Med,
Baltimore, MD, USA
· JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, Div Med Microbiol, Dept Pathol, Baltimore, MD,
USA
· NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
· Johns Hopkins Univ, Div Infect Dis, Dept Med, Johns Hopkins Med
Inst, Baltimore, MD, USA
*Article 5 Total Cites: 102
Article Title: Community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus: an emerging threat
Authors: Zetola, N, Francis, JS, Nuermberger, EL, Bishai, WR
Journal: LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume: 5
Page: 275-286
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, Ctr TB Res, Dept Med, Div Infect Dis,
Baltimore, MD, USA
· JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, Dept Med, Baltimore, MD, USA
· Johns Hopkins Sch Med, Ctr TB Res, Dept Med, Div Infect Dis,
Baltimore, MD, USA
*Article 6 Total Cites: 97
Article Title: Insights on evolution of virulence and resistance from the
complete genome analysis of an early methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus strain and a biofilm-producing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
epidermidis strain
Authors: Gill, SR, Fouts, DE, Archer, GL, Mongodin, EF, Deboy, RT, Ravel,
J, Paulsen, IT, Kolonay, JF, Brinkac, L, Beanan, M, Dodson, RJ, Daugherty,
SC, Madupu, R, Angiuoli, SV, Durkin, AS, Haft, DH, Vamathevan, J, Khouri,
H, Utterback, T, Lee, C, Dimitrov, G, Jiang, LX, Qin, HY, Weidman, J, Tran,
K, Kang, K, Hance, IR, Nelson, KE, Fraser, CM
Journal: JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
Volume: 187
Page: 2426-2438
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· INST GENOM RES, Rockville, MD, USA
· J Craig Venter Fdn Joint Technol Ctr, Rockville, MD, USA
· Virginia Commonwealth Univ Hlth Syst, Div Infect Dis, Richmond,
VA, USA
· Inst Genom Res, 9712 Med Ctr Dr, Rockville, MD, USA
*Article 7 Total Cites: 80
Article Title: Methicillin-resistant S-aureus infections among patients in
the emergency department
Authors: Moran, GJ, Krishnadasan, A, Gorwitz, RJ, Fosheim, GE, Mcdougal,
LK, Carey, RB, Talan, DA, Emergency ID Net Study Grp
Journal: NEW ENGL J MED
Volume: 355
Page: 666-674
Year: 2006
Addresses:
· UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, Dept Emergency Med, Sylmar, CA, USA
· UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, Div Infect Dis, Sylmar, CA, USA
· CTR DIS CONTROL & PREVENT, Natl Ctr Infect Dis, Div Healthcare
Qual Promot, Atlanta, GA, USA
· Olive View UCLA Med Ctr, Dept Emergency Med, 14445 Olive View Dr,N
Annex, Sylmar, CA, USA
*Article 8 Total Cites: 68
Article Title: The impact of methicillin-resistance in Staphylococcus
aureus bacteremia on patient outcomes: Mortality, length of stay, and
hospital charges
Authors: Cosgrove, SE, Qi, YL, Kaye, KS, Harbarth, S, Karchmer, AW,
Carmeli, Y
Journal: INFECT CONT HOSP EP
Volume: 26
Page: 166-174
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, Div Infect Dis, Baltimore, MD, USA
· Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Div Infect Dis, Boston, MA,
USA
· HARVARD UNIV, Sch Med, Boston, MA, USA
· TEL AVIV SOURASKY MED CTR, Div Infect Dis, Tel Aviv, Israel
· DUKE UNIV, Med Ctr, Dept Med, Div Infect Dis, Durham, NC,
USA
· UNIV GENEVA, Div Infect Dis, Geneva, Switzerland
· Johns Hopkins Univ Hosp, Osler 425,600 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD,
USA
*Article 9 Total Cites: 65
Article Title: Platensimycin is a selective FabF inhibitor with potent
antibiotic properties
Authors: Wang, J, Soisson, SM, Young, K, Shoop, W, Kodali, S, Galgoci, A,
Painter, R, Parthasarathy, G, Tang, YS, Cummings, R, Ha, S, Dorso, K,
Motyl, M, Jayasuriya, H, Ondeyka, J, Herath, K, Zhang, CW, Hernandez, L,
Allocco, J, Basilio, A, Tormo, JR, Genilloud, O, Vicente, F, Pelaez, F,
Colwell, L, Lee, SH, Michael, B, Felcetto, T, Gill, C, Silver, LL, Hermes,
JD, Bartizal, K, Barrett, J, Schmatz, D, Becker, JW, Cully, D, Singh,
SB
Journal: NATURE
Volume: 441
Page: 358-361
Year: 2006
Addresses:
· MERCK & CO INC, Rahway, NJ, USA
· Merck Res Labs, Rahway, NJ, USA
*Article 10 Total Cites: 63
Article Title: Isolation of patients in single rooms or cohorts to reduce
spread of MRSA in intensive-care units: prospective two-centre study
Authors: Cepeda, JA, Whitehouse, T, Cooper, B, Hails, J, Jones, K, Kwaku,
F, Taylor, L, Hayman, S, Cookson, B, Show, S, Kibbler, C, Singer, M,
Bellingan, G, Wilson, APR
Journal: LANCET
Volume: 365
Page: 295-304
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· UNIV COLL LONDON, Windeyer Inst Med Sci, Dept Clin Microbiol,
London, England
· UNIV COLL LONDON, Dept Med, Bloomsbury Inst Intens Care Med,
London, England
· ROYAL FREE HOSP, Dept Med Microbiol, London, England
· ROYAL FREE HOSP, Intens Care Unit, London, England
· Hlth Protect Agcy, Specialist & Reference Microbiol Div,
London, England
· Univ Coll London Hosp, Windeyer Inst Med Sci, Dept Clin Microbiol,
46 Cleveland St, London, England
*Article 11 Total Cites: 60
Article Title: Three-year surveillance of community-acquired Staphylococcus
aureus infections in children
Authors: Kaplan, SL, Hulten, KG, Gonzalez, BE, Hammerman, WA, Lamberth, L,
Versalovic, J, Mason, EO
Journal: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume: 40
Page: 1785-1791
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· TEXAS CHILDRENS HOSP, Feigin Ctr, Houston, TX, USA
· BAYLOR COLL MED, Dept Pediat, Houston, TX, USA
· BAYLOR COLL MED, Dept Pathol, Houston, TX, USA
· Texas Childrens Hosp, Feigin Ctr, Ste 1150,MC 3-2371,6621 Fannin,
Houston, TX, USA
*Article 12 Total Cites: 57
Article Title: Linezolid versus vancomycin in treatment of complicated skin
and soft tissue infections
Authors: Weigelt, J, Itani, K, Stevens, D, Lau, W, Dryden, M, Knirsch, C,
Linezolid CSSTI Study Grp
Journal: ANTIMICROB AGENTS CH
Volume: 49
Page: 2260-2266
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· MED COLL WISCONSIN, Dept Surg, Milwaukee, WI, USA
· BOSTON UNIV, Boston, MA, USA
· Boston VA Hlth Care Syst, Boston, MA, USA
· VET ADM MED CTR, Boise, ID, USA
· St Francis Med Ctr W, Honolulu, HI, USA
· ROYAL HAMPSHIRE CTY HOSP, Winchester, England
· Pfizer World Wide Med, New York, NY, USA
· Pfizer Inc, 235 E 42nd St,Mailstop 235-8-29, New York, NY,
USA
*Article 13 Total Cites: 56
Article Title: High prevalence of methicillinresistant Staphylococcus
aureus in emergency department skin and soft tissue infections
Authors: Frazee, BW, Lynn, J, Charlebois, ED, Lambert, L, Lowery, D,
Perdreau-remington, F
Journal: ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Volume: 45
Page: 311-320
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· ALAMEDA CTY MED CTR, Dept Emergency Med, Oakland, CA, USA
· UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO, Dept Med, Div Infect Dis, San Francisco,
CA, USA
· Alameda Cty Med Ctr, Dept Emergency Med, Highland Campus, Oakland,
CA, USA
*Article 14 Total Cites: 56
Article Title: Emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant
Staphylococchus aureus USA 300 clone as the predominant cause of skin and
soft-tissue infections
Authors: King, MD, Humphrey, BJ, Wang, YF, Kourbatova, EV, Ray, SM,
Blumberg, HM
Journal: ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
Volume: 144
Page: 309-317
Year: 2006
Addresses:
· EMORY UNIV, Sch Med, Atlanta, GA, USA
· GRADY MEM HOSP, Atlanta, GA, USA
· Emory Univ, Sch Med, Atlanta, GA, USA
*Article 15 Total Cites: 55
Article Title: Complete genome sequence of USA300, an epidemic clone of
community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Authors: Diep, BA, Gill, SR, Chang, RF, Phan, TH, Chen, JH, Davidson, MG,
Lin, F, Lin, J, Carleton, HA, Mongodin, EF, Sensabaugh, GF,
Perdreau-remington, F
Journal: LANCET
Volume: 367
Page: 731-739
Year: 2006
Addresses:
· UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO, Dept Med, San Francisco, CA, USA
· UNIV CALIF BERKELEY, Sch Publ Hlth, Div Infect Dis, Berkeley, CA,
USA
· SUNY BUFFALO, Dept Oral Biol, Buffalo, NY, USA
· INST GENOM RES, Rockville, MD, USA
· Univ Calif San Francisco, San Francisco Gen Hosp, Dept Med, 1001
Potrero Ave,Box 0811, San Francisco, CA, USA
*Article 16 Total Cites: 55
Article Title: Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis - A consequence of
medical progress
Authors: Fowler, VG, Miro, JM, Hoen, B, Cabell, CH, Abrutyn, E, Rubinstein,
E, Corey, GR, Spelman, D, Bradley, SF, Barsic, B, Pappas, PA, Anstrom, KJ,
Wray, D, Fortes, CQ, Anguera, I, Athan, E, Jones, P, van der Meer, JTM,
Elliott, TSJ, Levine, DP, Bayer, AS, Ice Investigators
Journal: JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC
Volume: 293
Page: 3012-3021
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· DUKE UNIV, Med Ctr, Div Infect Dis, Durham, NC, USA
· UNIV BARCELONA, Hosp Clin, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
· HOP ST JACQUES, Besancon, France
· DREXEL UNIV, Coll Med, Philadelphia, PA, USA
· TEL AVIV UNIV, Sch Med, Tel Aviv, Israel
· ALFRED HOSP, Melbourne, Australia
· UNIV MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
· UNIV HOSP INFECT DIS, Zagreb, Croatia
· MED UNIV S CAROLINA, Charleston, SC, USA
· HOSP UNIV CLEMENTINO FRAGA FILHO, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
· HOSP SABADELL, Sabadell, Spain
· GEELONG HOSP, Geelong, Australia
· PRINCE WALES HOSP, Sydney, Australia
· UNIV AMSTERDAM, Acad Med Ctr, Amsterdam, Netherlands
· QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSP, Birmingham, England
· WAYNE STATE UNIV, Detroit, MI, USA
· HARBOR UCLA MED CTR, Los Angeles, CA, USA
· LA Biomed Res Inst, Los Angeles, CA, USA
· Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Div Infect Dis, Box 3281, Durham, NC,
USA
*Article 17 Total Cites: 54
Article Title: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: An
evolutionary, epidemiologic, and therapeutic odyssey
Authors: Deresinski, S
Journal: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume: 40
Page: 562-573
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· STANFORD UNIV, Dept Med, Div Infect Dis & Geog Med, Stanford,
CA, USA
· SANTA CLARA VALLEY MED CTR, San Jose, CA, USA
· 2900 Whipple Ave,Ste 115, Redwood City, CA, USA
*Article 18 Total Cites: 51
Article Title: Daptomycin-resistant, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus bacteremia
Authors: Mangili, A, Bica, I, Snydman, DR, Hamera, DH
Journal: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume: 40
Page: 1058-1060
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· TUFTS UNIV, New England Med Ctr, Div Geog Med & Infect Dis,
Dept Med, Boston, MA, USA
· TUFTS UNIV, Sch Med, Boston, MA, USA
· Tufts Univ, New England Med Ctr, Div Geog Med & Infect Dis,
Dept Med, Boston, MA, USA
*Article 19 Total Cites: 48
Article Title: Sepsis in European intensive care units: Results of the SOAP
study
Authors: Vincent, JL, Sakr, Y, Sprung, CL, Ranieri, VM, Reinhart, K,
Gerlach, H, Moreno, R, Carlet, J, Le Gall, JR, Payen, D, Sepsis Occurrence
Acutely Ill Pati
Journal: CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Volume: 34
Page: 344-353
Year: 2006
Addresses:
· FREE UNIV BRUSSELS, Erasme Hosp, Dept Intens Care, Brussels,
Belgium
· HADASSAH UNIV HOSP, Dept Anesthesiol & Crit Care Med,
Jerusalem, Israel
· UNIV TURIN, Dept Anesthesia & Intens Care, S Giovanni Battista
Hosp, Turin, Italy
· UNIV JENA, Dept Anesthesiol & Intens Care, Jena, Germany
· Vivantes Klinikum Neukolln, Dept Anesthesiol & Intens Care,
Berlin, Germany
· HOSP ST ANTONIO CAPUCHOS, Dept Intens Care, Lisbon, Portugal
· ST JOSEPHS HOSP, Dept Intens Care, Paris, France
· HOP ST LOUIS, Dept Intens Care, Paris, France
· Univ Lariboisiere, Ctr Hosp, Dept Anesthesiol & Intens Care,
Paris, France
· Free Univ Brussels, Erasme Hosp, Dept Intens Care, Brussels,
Belgium
*Article 20 Total Cites: 47
Article Title: Global spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium
from distinct nosocomial genetic complex
Authors: Willems, RJL, Top, J, van Santen, M, Robinson, DA, Coque, TM,
Baquero, F, Grundmann, H, Bonten, MJM
Journal: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume: 11
Page: 821-828
Year: 2005
Addresses:
· UNIV UTRECHT, Ctr Med, Inst Microbiol Infect Dis & Inflammat,
Utrecht, Netherlands
· NATL INST PUBL HLTH & ENVIRONM PROTECT, Bilthoven,
Netherlands
· NEW YORK MED COLL, Valhalla, NY, USA
· HOSP RAMON Y CAJAL, Madrid, Spain
· Univ Utrecht, Ctr Med, Inst Microbiol Infect Dis & Inflammat,
Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht, Netherlands