Alcohol-based disinfectants and particularly hand rubs are a key way to control hospital
infections worldwide. Such disinfectants restrict transmission of pathogens, such as multidrug-…

Background: Buruli ulcer (BU) is a neglected tropical disease caused by infection of subcutaneous
tissue with Mycobacterium ulcerans. BU is commonly reported across rural regions of …

Background Enterococcus faecium is a major nosocomial pathogen causing significant
morbidity and mortality worldwide. Assessment of E. faecium using MLST to understand the …

Allelopathy is one of the mechanisms that help to explain the invasion success of some
plant species. Invasion of Phragmites australis through allelopathy is not robust enough to …

From early 2012, a novel clone of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium (assigned
the multi locus sequence type ST796) was simultaneously isolated from geographically …

Buruli ulcer, a chronic subcutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is
increasing in prevalence in southeastern Australia. Possums are a local wildlife reservoir for M. …

Since 2000, cases of the neglected tropical disease Buruli ulcer, caused by infection with
Mycobacterium ulcerans , have increased 100-fold around Melbourne (population 4.4 million), …

Fundamental to effective Legionnaires’ disease outbreak control is the ability to rapidly identify
the environmental source(s) of the causative agent, Legionella pneumophila. Genomics …

Background Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) is a leading cause of
hospital-acquired infections. New, presumably better-adapted strains of VRE appear unpredictably…

Background The emergence and evolution of community-acquired methicillin resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) strains in Africa is poorly understood. However, one …