Since the 1960s, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged,
disseminated globally and become a leading cause of bacterial infections in both health-care and …

… to monitor resistance mainly in salmonella, Campylobacter jejuni, and E coli as required by
the European Commission's mandate, and only a few monitor resistance in klebsiella and S …

… S. aureus (MRSA) that is associated with a worse lung function compared to methicillin-
sensitive S. … aeruginosa and S. aureus has been shown to result in delayed wound healing …

Background The spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria poses a substantial threat to morbidity
and mortality worldwide. Due to its large public health and societal implications, multidrug-…

Objectives WGS-based antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is as reliable as phenotypic
AST for several antimicrobial/bacterial species combinations. However, routine use of WGS-…

We identified a novel plasmid-mediated colistin-resistance gene in porcine and bovine
colistin-resistant Escherichia coli that did not contain mcr-1. The gene, termed mcr-2, a 1,617 bp …

… S Malhotra-Kumar and H Goossens designed the study, analysed the data, and wrote the …
S Malhotra-Kumar and C Lammens did the sampling and experimental work. S Coenen and K …

Background and aim Plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanisms have been identified
worldwide in the past years. A multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol for …

Background: The ESAC project, granted by DG SANCO of the European Commission, is an
international network of surveillance systems, aiming to collect comparable and reliable data …

Background Intensive care units (ICUs) are high-risk areas for transmission of antimicrobial-resistant
bacteria, but no controlled study has tested the effect of rapid screening and …