Anita C Schurch
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Boralli C, Paganini J, Meneses R, Mata C, Leite E, Schurch A, et al.
Microorganisms
. 2025 Jan;
13(1).
PMID: 39858948
KPC is a clinically significant serine carbapenemase in most countries, and its rapid spread threatens global public health. transmission is commonly mediated by Tn transposons. The gene has also been...
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Thorpe H, Pesonen M, Corbella M, Pesonen H, Gaiarsa S, Boinett C, et al.
Lancet Microbe
. 2024 Aug;
5(10):100890.
PMID: 39178869
Background: Nosocomial infections pose a considerable risk to patients who are susceptible, and this is particularly acute in intensive care units when hospital-associated bacteria are endemic. During the first wave...
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Paganini J, Kerkvliet J, Vader L, Plantinga N, Meneses R, Corander J, et al.
Microb Genom
. 2024 Feb;
10(2).
PMID: 38376388
Accurate reconstruction of antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) plasmids from Illumina sequencing data has proven to be a challenge with current bioinformatic tools. In this work, we present an improved method...
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Kerkvliet J, Bossers A, Kers J, Meneses R, Willems R, Schurch A
PeerJ
. 2024 Jan;
12:e16695.
PMID: 38188174
Antimicrobial resistance genes (ARG) are commonly found on acquired mobile genetic elements (MGEs) such as plasmids or transposons. Understanding the spread of resistance genes associated with mobile elements (mARGs) across...
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Arredondo-Alonso S, Gladstone R, Pontinen A, Gama J, Schurch A, Lanza V, et al.
NAR Genom Bioinform
. 2023 Jul;
5(3):lqad066.
PMID: 37435357
Extrachromosomal elements of bacterial cells such as plasmids are notorious for their importance in evolution and adaptation to changing ecology. However, high-resolution population-wide analysis of plasmids has only become accessible...
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Boralli C, Paganini J, Meneses R, Mata C, Leite E, Schurch A, et al.
Antibiotics (Basel)
. 2023 May;
12(5).
PMID: 37237829
The most common resistance mechanism to carbapenems is the production of carbapenemases. In 2021, the Pan American Health Organization warned of the emergence and increase in new carbapenemase combinations in...
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Arredondo-Alonso S, Pontinen A, Cleon F, Gladstone R, Schurch A, Johnsen P, et al.
Gigascience
. 2021 Dec;
10(12).
PMID: 34891160
Background: Bacterial whole-genome sequencing based on short-read technologies often results in a draft assembly formed by contiguous sequences. The introduction of long-read sequencing technologies permits those contiguous sequences to be...
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Paganini J, Plantinga N, Arredondo-Alonso S, Willems R, Schurch A
Microorganisms
. 2021 Aug;
9(8).
PMID: 34442692
The incidence of infections caused by multidrug-resistant strains has risen in the past years. Antibiotic resistance in is often mediated by acquisition and maintenance of plasmids. The study of plasmid...
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Pontinen A, Top J, Arredondo-Alonso S, Tonkin-Hill G, Freitas A, Novais C, et al.
Nat Commun
. 2021 Mar;
12(1):1523.
PMID: 33750782
Enterococcus faecalis is a commensal and nosocomial pathogen, which is also ubiquitous in animals and insects, representing a classical generalist microorganism. Here, we study E. faecalis isolates ranging from the...
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Arredondo-Alonso S, Top J, Corander J, Willems R, Schurch A
Genome Med
. 2021 Jan;
13(1):9.
PMID: 33472670
Background: Enterococcus faecium is a commensal of the gastrointestinal tract of animals and humans but also a causative agent of hospital-acquired infections. Resistance against glycopeptides and to vancomycin has motivated...