Investigating environmental transmission to resolve a Bacillus cereus group outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit using core genome multilocus sequence typing

Investigating environmental transmission to resolve a Bacillus cereus group outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit using core genome multilocus sequence typing

Abstract Background We analyzed an outbreak of Bacillus cereus group (Bcg) at a single-center neonatal intensive care unit level IV by conducting comprehensive sampling of both patients and the environment. Methods Between 06/2020 and 10/2021, all Bcg isolates identified by both regular colonization...

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Main Authors: Hauke Tönnies, Axel Heep, Jörg Herrmann, Matthias Lange, Alexander Mellmann, Axel Hamprecht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-01-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Subjects:
Bacillus cereus
Bacillus cereus group
Outbreak
cgMLST
WGS
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-023-01359-0

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