title: Whole-Genome Sequencing Elucidates Epidemiology of Nosocomial Clusters of Acinetobacter baumannii.
abstract: We characterized two epidemiologically similar Acinetobacter baumannii clusters from two separate intensive care units (ICU) using core genome multilocus sequence typing. Clonal spread was confirmed in ICU-1 (12 of 14 isolates shared genotypes); in ICU-2, all genotypes (13 isolates) were diverse, thus excluding transmissions and enabling adequate infection control measures.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Willems
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kampmeier
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bletz
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: Annelene
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kossow
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Köck
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kipp
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany mellmann@uni-muenster.de.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0649-5185
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mellmann
mesh_terms: D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology / Q000379:methods*; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing / Q000379:methods*