Illumina short-read and MinION long-read WGS to characterize the molecular epidemiology of an NDM-1 Serratia marcescens outbreak in Romania | Zendy

Hang Phan | Zendy; Nicole Stoesser | Zendy; Iuliana E. Maciuca | Zendy; Felicia Toma | Zendy; Edit Székely | Zendy; Mirela Flonta | Zendy; Alasdair T. M. Hubbard | Zendy; Louise Pankhurst | Zendy; Tess Do | Zendy; Tim Peto | Zendy; A. Sarah Walker | Zendy; Derrick W. Crook | Zendy; Dorina Timofte | Zendy

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Illumina short-read and MinION long-read WGS to characterize the molecular epidemiology of an NDM-1 Serratia marcescens outbreak in Romania

Author(s) -

Hang Phan,

Nicole Stoesser,

Iuliana E. Maciuca,

Felicia Toma,

Edit Székely,

Mirela Flonta,

Alasdair T. M. Hubbard,

Louise Pankhurst,

Tess Do,

Tim Peto,

A. Sarah Walker,

Derrick W. Crook,

Dorina Timofte

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkx456

Subject(s) - minion , serratia marcescens , outbreak , microbiology and biotechnology , enterobacteriaceae infections , pathogenic organism , biology , epidemiology , medicine , enterobacteriaceae , virology , escherichia coli , nanopore sequencing , genetics , dna sequencing , gene , dna

Serratia marcescens is an emerging nosocomial pathogen, and the carbapenemase blaNDM has been reported in several surveys in Romania. We aimed to investigate the molecular epidemiology of S. marcescens in two Romanian hospitals over 2010-15, including a neonatal NDM-1 S. marcescens outbreak.

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