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Major Research Focus:
The MRSA KnowledgeCenter at the dDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Hvidovre Hospital has been established to control MRSA in the Capital Region of Denmark. Our research has a practical approach looking at staphylococcal evolution, epidemiology, typing, carriage, characteristics of patients’ illnesses and outcomes, infection-control and eradication therapies with the goal of keeping MRSA out of hospitals. Current typing methods have been replaced by whole genome sequencing of microorgansims and research areas now also include all staphylococcal species, multiresistant enterococci and multiresistant enterobacteriaceae.
Keywords
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
- Staphylococci
- MRSA
- VRE
- ESBL
- WGS
- NGS
- whole genome sequencing
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Eradicating MRSA carriage: the impact of throat carriage and Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes on success rates
Bagge, K., Benfield, T., Westh, H. & Bartels, M. D., 2019, In: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 38, 4, p. 683-688 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Increased risk of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in hemodialysis—A nationwide study
Chaudry, M. S., Gislason, G. H., Kamper, A. L., Rix, M., Larsen, A. R., Petersen, A., Andersen, P. S., Skov, R. L., Fosbøl, E. L., Westh, H., Schønheyder, H. C., Benfield, T. L., Fowler, V. G., Torp-Pedersen, C. & Bruun, N. E., 2019, In: Hemodialysis International. 23, 2, p. 230-238 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Surveillance of vancomycin-resistant enterococci reveals shift in dominating clones and national spread of a vancomycin-variable vanA Enterococcus faecium ST1421-CT1134 clone, Denmark, 2015 to March 2019
Hammerum, A. M., Justesen, U. S., Pinholt, M., Roer, L., Kaya, H., Worning, P., Nygaard, S., Kemp, M., Clausen, M. E., Nielsen, K. L., Samulioniené, J., Kjærsgaard, M., Østergaard, C., Coia, J., Søndergaard, T. S., Gaini, S., Schønning, K., Westh, H., Hasman, H. & Holzknecht, B. J., 22 Aug 2019, In: Eurosurveillance. 24, 34, p. 1-5Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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WGS of 1058 Enterococcus faecium from Copenhagen, Denmark, reveals rapid clonal expansion of vancomycin-resistant clone ST80 combined with widespread dissemination of a vanA-containing plasmid and acquisition of a heterogeneous accessory genome
Pinholt, M., Bayliss, S. C., Gumpert, H., Worning, P., Jensen, V. V. S., Pedersen, M., Feil, E. J. & Westh, H., 1 Jul 2019, In: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy. 74, 7, p. 1776-1785Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Analytical performance of the Hologic Aptima HBV Quant Assay and the COBAS Ampliprep/COBAS TaqMan HBV test v2.0 for the quantification of HBV DNA in plasma samples
Schønning, K., Johansen, K., Nielsen, L. G., Weis, N. & Westh, H., Jul 2018, In: Journal of Clinical Virology. 104, p. 83-88Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A sporadic four-year hospital outbreak of a ST97-IVa MRSA with half of the patients first identified in the community
Rubin, I. M., Hansen, T. A., Klingenberg, A. M., Petersen, A. M., Worning, P., Westh, H. & Bartels, M. D., 2018, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 9, p. 1-6 1494.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Clinical and analytical evaluation of the new Aptima Mycoplasma genitalium assay, with data on M. genitalium prevalence and antimicrobial resistance in M. genitalium in Denmark, Norway and Sweden in 2016
Unemo, M., Salado-Rasmussen, K., Hansen, M., Olsen, A. O., Falk, M., Golparian, D., Aasterød, M., Ringlander, J., Nilsson, C. S., Sundqvist, M., Schønning, K., Moi, H., Westh, H. & Jensen, J. S., May 2018, In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 24, 5, p. 533-539Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Emergence of a vancomycin-variable Enterococcus faecium ST1421 strain containing a deletion in vanX
Hansen, T. A., Pedersen, M. S., Nielsen, L. G., Ma, C. M. G., Søes, L. M., Worning, P., Østergaard, C., Westh, H., Pinholt, M. & Schønning, K., 1 Nov 2018, In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 73, 11, p. 2936-2940Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review