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ArticleInfection control and hospital epidemiology2024

Genomic investigation of multispecies and multivariant

Nenad Macesic, Adelaide Dennis, Jane Hawkey, Ben Vezina, Jessica A Wisniewski, Hugh Cottingham, Luke V Blakeway, Taylor Harshegyi, Katherine Pragastis, Gnei Zweena Badoordeen and 6 more

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Article in Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 52% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nenad MacesicDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7905-628X
Adelaide DennisDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5473-629X
Jane HawkeyDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9661-5293
Ben VezinaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4224-2537
Jessica A WisniewskiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Hugh CottinghamDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5156-1970
Luke V BlakewayDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9266-7827
Taylor HarshegyiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9620-8735
Katherine PragastisDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Gnei Zweena BadoordeenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Pauline BassDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Andrew J StewardsonDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6805-1224
Amanda DennisonMicrobiology Unit, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Denis W SpelmanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Adam W J JenneyDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Anton Y PelegDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
The Alfred Hospital · AUAustralian Regenerative Medicine Institute · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesNew Delhi metallo-β-lactamases (NDMs) are major contributors to the spread of carbapenem resistance globally. In Australia, NDMs were previously associated with international travel, but from 2019 we noted increasing incidence of NDM-positive clinical isolates. We investigated the clinical and genomic epidemiology of NDM carriage at a tertiary-care Australian hospital from 2016 to 2021.

methodsWe identified 49 patients with 84 NDM-carrying isolates in an institutional database, and we collected clinical data from electronic medical record. Short- and long-read whole genome sequencing was performed on all isolates. Completed genome assemblies were used to assess the genetic setting of

resultsOf 49 patients, 38 (78%) were identified in 2019-2021 and only 11 (29%) of 38 reported prior travel, compared with 9 (82%) of 11 in 2016-2018 (

conclusionsIncreased NDM case numbers were due to local circulation of 2 epidemic plasmids with extensive interstrain transfer. Our findings underscore the challenges of outbreak detection when horizontal transmission of plasmids is the primary mode of spread.

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beta-LactamasesDisease OutbreaksPlasmidsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnti-Bacterial AgentsAustraliaEnterobacteriaceae InfectionsFemaleGene Transfer, HorizontalGenome, BacterialHumansMaleMiddle AgedWhole Genome SequencingAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-lactamase NDM-1beta-Lactamases

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PMID38344902
PMCPMC11102827
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