2024
Signatures of transmission in within-host Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex variation: a retrospective genomic epidemiology study
Walter K, Cohen T, Mathema B, Colijn C, Sobkowiak B, Comas I, Goig G, Croda J, Andrews J. Signatures of transmission in within-host Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex variation: a retrospective genomic epidemiology study. The Lancet Microbe 2024, 100936. PMID: 39615498, DOI: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2024.06.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWithin-host variationMycobacterium tuberculosis complexTransmission inferenceSequence dataMinority variantsGenome Epidemiology StudyMTBC diversityWhole-genome sequencing dataPairs of isolatesAvailable sequence dataPublicly available sequencing dataRetrospective population-based studyPopulation-based studyIdentical genomesPPE genesGenetic differencesWalker etCulture isolatesTuberculosis complexHousehold transmission studyIsolatesEpidemiological linkageReceiver operating characteristicEpidemiological studiesCulture of sputum
2017
Genetic Clustering of Tuberculosis in an Indigenous Community of Brazil.
Correia Sacchi F, Tatara M, Camioli de Lima C, Ferreia da Silva L, Cunha E, Simonsen V, Ferrazoli L, Gomes H, Gonçalves Vasconcellos S, Suffys P, Andrews J, Croda J. Genetic Clustering of Tuberculosis in an Indigenous Community of Brazil. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2017, 98: 372-375. PMID: 29210353, PMCID: PMC5929193, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0480.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClonal spread of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a neonatal intensive care unit
Maciel W, da Silva K, Croda J, Cayô R, Ramos A, de Sales R, de Souza G, Bampi J, Limiere L, Casagrande J, Gales A, Simionatto S. Clonal spread of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a neonatal intensive care unit. Journal Of Hospital Infection 2017, 98: 300-304. PMID: 29107079, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.10.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeonatal intensive care unitIntensive care unitCare unitCRAB isolatesAcinetobacter baumanniiStrict infection control measuresCarbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumanniiInfection control measuresClonal spreadΒ-lactam therapyPremature newbornsStudy hospitalPeripheral accessClonal typesPolymyxin BBaumanniiSuch isolatesNewbornsControl measuresIsolatesHospitalTherapyInfection