Browsing by Subject "Multilocus Sequence Typing"
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2012-10-01ZeitschriftenartikelAutochthonous and Dormant Cryptococcus gattii Infections in Europe Until recently, Cryptococcus gattii infections occurred mainly in tropical and subtropical climate zones. However, during the past decade, C. gattii infections in humans and animals in Europe have increased. To determine ...
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2011-06-22ZeitschriftenartikelCharacterisation of the Escherichia coli strain associated with an outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in Germany, 2011: a microbiological study Background: In an ongoing outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome and bloody diarrhoea caused by a virulent Escherichia coli strain O104:H4 in Germany (with some cases elsewhere in Europe and North America), 810 cases ...
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2013-09-06ZeitschriftenartikelEnterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli as Causes of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in the Czech Republic Background: Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) cause diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (D+ HUS) worldwide, but no systematic study of EHEC as the causative agents of HUS was performed in the Czech ...
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2012-01-18ZeitschriftenartikelEvaluation of adding a second marker to overcome Staphylococcus aureus spa-typing homoplasies The utility of sequencing a second highly variable locus in addition to the spa gene (e.g., double-locus sequence typing [DLST]) was investigated to overcome limitations of a Staphylococcus aureus single-locus typing method. ...
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2012-11-26ZeitschriftenartikelFrequent Combination of Antimicrobial Multiresistance and Extraintestinal Pathogenicity in Escherichia coli Isolates from Urban Rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Berlin, Germany Urban rats present a global public health concern as they are considered a reservoir and vector of zoonotic pathogens, including Escherichia coli. In view of the increasing emergence of antimicrobial resistant E. coli ...
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2015-07-31ZeitschriftenartikelHighly Virulent Non-O157 Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) Serotypes Reflect Similar Phylogenetic Lineages, Providing New Insights into the Evolution of EHEC Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) is the causative agent of bloody diarrhea and extraintestinal sequelae in humans, most importantly hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). ...
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2011-03-31ZeitschriftenartikelIS element IS16 as a molecular screening tool to identify hospital-associated strains of Enterococcus faecium Background: Hospital strains of Enterococcus faecium could be characterized and typed by various molecular methods (MLST, AFLP, MLVA) and allocated to a distinct clonal complex known as MLST CC17. However, these techniques ...
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2011-06-21ZeitschriftenartikelMolecular characterization of blaNDM-1 in an Acinetobacter baumannii strain isolated in Germany in 2007 Objectives: To investigate the genetic environment of the metallo-β-lactamase gene blaNDM-1 in an Acinetobacter baumannii isolated in 2007 in a German hospital. Methods: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed ...
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2013-06-21ZeitschriftenartikelPopulation structure of Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:b:- strains and likely sources of human infection Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:b:- is a monophasic serovar not able to express the second-phase flagellar antigen (H2 antigen). In Germany, the serovar is occasionally isolated from poultry, reptiles, fish, food, and ...
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2013-01-24ZeitschriftenartikelUse of multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) in eight European countries, 2012 Genotyping of important medical or veterinary prokaryotes has become a very important tool during the last decades. Rapid development of fragment-separation and sequencing technologies has made many new genotyping strategies ...