Combining Standard Molecular Typing and Whole Genome Sequencing to Investigate Pseudomonas aeruginosa Epidemiology in Intensive Care Units

B Magalhães, B Valot, MMH Abdelbary… - Frontiers in public …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the main pathogens responsible for nosocomial
infections, particularly in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Due to the complexity of P. aeruginosa …

New genotyping method discovers sustained nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in an intensive care burn unit

F Tissot, DS Blanc, P Basset, G Zanetti… - Journal of Hospital …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of healthcare-associated
infections in the intensive care unit (ICU). Aim To investigate an unexplained increase in the …

[HTML][HTML] Pseudomonas aeruginosa intensive care unit outbreak: winnowing of transmissions with molecular and genomic typing

BJ Parcell, K Oravcova, M Pinheiro, MTG Holden… - Journal of Hospital …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Pseudomonas aeruginosa healthcare outbreaks can be time consuming and
difficult to investigate. Guidance does not specify which typing technique is most practical for …

Comparative Genomics of Nonoutbreak Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Underlines Genome Plasticity and Geographic Relatedness of the Global Clone ST235

H Brüggemann, LB Migliorini, RO Sales… - Genome Biology and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic pathogen in hospitals, responsible
for various infections that are difficult to treat due to intrinsic and acquired antibiotic …

Molecular epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from infected ICU patients: a French multicenter 2012–2013 study

C Slekovec, J Robert, N van der Mee-Marquet… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Although Pseudomonas aeruginosa has a non-clonal epidemic population structure, recent
studies have provided evidence of the existence of epidemic high-risk clones. The aim of …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in intensive care units over a 10-year period (1998-2007)

M Cuttelod, L Senn, V Terletskiy, I Nahimana… - Clinical microbiology …, 2011 - Elsevier
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the leading nosocomial pathogens in intensive care
units (ICUs). The source of this microorganism can be either endogenous or exogenous …

Establishment and evaluation of a core genome multilocus sequence typing scheme for whole-genome sequence-based typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

H Tönnies, K Prior, D Harmsen… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The environmental bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, particularly multidrug-resistant
clones, is often associated with nosocomial infections and outbreaks. Today, core genome …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the intensive care units–a review

DS Blanc, P Francioli, G Zanetti - The open microbiology journal, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the leading nosocomial pathogens in intensive care
units (ICU). This opportunist pathogen is commonly recovered from moist environments, and …

Seeking the source of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in a recently opened hospital: an observational study using whole-genome sequencing

J Quick, N Cumley, CM Wearn, M Niebel… - BMJ open, 2014 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common nosocomial pathogen responsible for
significant morbidity and mortality internationally. Patients may become colonised or infected …

Antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence genes of clinical and environmental isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

SM Liew, G Rajasekaram, SDA Puthucheary, KH Chua - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
Background Pseudomonas aeruginosa is ubiquitous, has intrinsic antibiotic resistance
mechanisms, and is associated with serious hospital-associated infections. It has evolved …