In addition to the ever-present concern of medical professionals about epidemics of
infectious diseases, the relative ease of access and low cost of obtaining, producing, and …

Highlights•WGS is unique in offering the resolution to investigate direct pathogen
transmission.•Confirmation of direct transmission needs multiple sequences from donors & …

Multidrug-resistant nosocomial pathogens present a major burden for hospitals. Rapid
cluster identification and pathogen profiling, ie, of antibiotic resistance and virulence genes …

Genome sequencing has provided snapshots of the transmission of methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) during suspected outbreaks in isolated hospital wards …

Bacterial sepsis in the neonate is a clinical syndrome characterized by systemic signs of
infection and accompanied by bacteremia in the first month of life. Meningitis in the neonate …

Abstract Background. Strategies to prevent Staphylococcus aureus infection in hospitals
focus on patient-to-patient transmission. We used whole-genome sequencing to investigate …

Whole-genome sequencing of pathogens from host samples becomes more and more
routine during infectious disease outbreaks. These data provide information on possible …

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a global human health problem
causing infections in both hospitals and the community. Companion animals, such as cats …

Objectives This study aimed to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for colonization
with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) and …

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) transmission in the hospital setting has
been a frequent subject of investigation using bacterial genomes, but previous approaches …