Comprehensive integrated NGS-based surveillance and contact-network modeling unravels transmission dynamics of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a high-risk population within a tertiary care hospital.

Comprehensive integrated NGS-based surveillance and contact-network modeling unravels transmission dynamics of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a high-risk population within a tertiary care hospital.

Vancomycin-resistant E. faecium (VRE) are an important cause of nosocomial infections, which are rapidly transmitted in hospitals. To identify possible transmission routes, we applied combined genomics and contact-network modeling to retrospectively evaluate routine VRE screening data generated by t...

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Main Authors: Bernd Neumann, Jennifer K Bender, Benjamin F Maier, Alice Wittig, Stephan Fuchs, Dirk Brockmann, Torsten Semmler, Hermann Einsele, Sabrina Kraus, Lothar H Wieler, Ulrich Vogel, Guido Werner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235160

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235160

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