Epidemic of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Europe is driven by nosocomial spread

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2019, Pages 1919-1929

  David, Sophia ^a   Reuter, Sandra ^b   Harris, Simon R ^c   Glasner, Corinna ^d   Feltwell, Theresa ^c   Argimon, Silvia ^a   Abudahab, Khalil ^a   Goater, Richard ^a   Giani, Tommaso ^e   Errico, Giulia ^f   Aspbury, Marianne ^g   Sjunnebo, Sara ^c   Koraqi, Andi ^k   Lacej, Denada ^k   Apfalter, Petra ^l   Hartl, Rainer ^l   Glupczynski, Youri ^m   Huang, Te Din ^m   Strateva, Tanya ⁿ   Marteva Proevska, Yuliya ^o   Andrasevic, Arjana Tambic ^p   Butic, Iva ^p   Pieridou Bagatzouni, Despo ^q   Maikanti Charalampous, Panagiota ^q   Hrabak, Jaroslav ^r   Zemlickova, Helena ^s   Hammerum, Anette ^t   Jakobsen, Lotte ^t   Ivanova, Marina ^u   Pavelkovich, Anastasia ^u   Jalava, Jari ^v   Österblad, Monica ^v   Dortet, Laurent ^w   Vaux, Sophie ^x   Kaase, Martin ^y   Gatermann, Sören G ^z   Vatopoulos, Alkiviadis ^aa   Tryfinopoulou, Kyriaki ^aa   Tóth, Ákos ^ab   Jánvári, Laura ^ab   Boo, Teck Wee ^ac   McGrath, Elaine ^ac   Carmeli, Yehuda ^ad   Adler, Amos ^ad   Pantosti, Annalisa ^f   Monaco, Monica ^f   Raka, Lul ^ae   Kurti, Arsim ^ae   Balode, Arta ^af   Saule, Mara ^af   Miciuleviciene, Jolanta ^ag   Mierauskaite, Aiste ^ag   Perrin Weniger, Monique ^ah   Reichert, Paul ^ah   Nestorova, Nina ^ai   Debattista, Sonia ^ai   Mijovic, Gordana ^aj   Lopicic, Milena ^aj   Samuelsen, Ørjan ^ak   Haldorsen, Bjørg ^ak   Zabicka, Dorota ^al   Literacka, Elzbieta ^am   Caniça, Manuela ^an   Manageiro, Vera ^an   Kaftandzieva, Ana ^ao   Trajkovska Dokic, Elena ^ao   Damian, Maria ^ap   Lixandru, Brandusa ^ap   Jelesic, Zora ^aq   Trudic, Anika ^ar   Niks, Milan ^as   Schreterova, Eva ^at   Pirs, Mateja ^au   Cerar, Tjasa ^au   Oteo, Jesús ^av   Aracil, Belén ^av   Giske, Christian ^aw   Sjöström, Karin ^ax   Gür, Deniz ^ay   Cakar, Asli ^ay   Woodford, Neil ^az   Hopkins, Katie ^az   Wiuff, Camilla ^ba   Brown, Derek J ^bb   Feil, Edward J ^h   Rossolini, Gian Maria ^e,i   Aanensen, David M ^a,j   Grundmann, Hajo ^b,d   more..

^a Present address: The Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^h Claverton Down   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

^l ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

ⁿ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^o UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^p Croatia   (Croatia)

^q NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

^r CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^s NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^t STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^u East Tallinn Central Hospital   (Estonia)

^v NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^w BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^x INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^y UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^z RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^aa NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^ab NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^ac UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^ad MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^ae National Institute of Public Health   (Serbia)

^af PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^ag National Public Health Surveillance Laboratory   (Lithuania)

^ah LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^ai MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^aj Institute of Public Health   (Montenegro)

^ak UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^al Krajowy Osrodek Referencyjny Ds Diagnostyki Bakteryjnych Zakaen Osrodkowego Ukadu Nerwowego   (Poland)

^am NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^an NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^ao SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY OF SKOPJE   (Macedonia)

^ap Ion Cantacuzino National Institute of Microbiology   (Romania)

^aq Institute for Public Health of Vojvodina   (Serbia)

^ar The Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina   (Serbia)

^as Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic   (Slovakia)

^at P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^au Department of Parasitology   (Slovenia)

^av INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^aw KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^ax SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^ay HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^az PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^ba ESBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^bb Scottish MRSA Reference Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; CARBAPENEMASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROPENSITY SCORE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; EPIDEMICS; EUROPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROPENSITY SCORE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 85069915359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0492-8     Document Type: Article

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