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The Hospital Water Environment as a Reservoir for Carbapenem-Resistant Organisms Causing Hospital-Acquired Infections—A Systematic Review of the Literature by Gordon, Alice E. Kizny, Mathers, Amy J., Cheong, Elaine Y. L., Gottlieb, Thomas, Kotay, Shireen, Walker, A. Sarah, Peto, Timothy E. A., Crook, Derrick W., Stoesser, Nicole

“…Over the last 20 years there have been 32 reports of carbapenem-resistant organisms in the hospital water environment, with half of these occurring since 2010…”
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Isolation and plasmid characterization of carbapenemase (IMP-4) producing Salmonella enterica Typhimurium from cats by Abraham, Sam, O’Dea, Mark, Trott, Darren J., Abraham, Rebecca J., Hughes, David, Pang, Stanley, McKew, Genevieve, Cheong, Elaine Y. L., Merlino, John, Saputra, Sugiyono, Malik, Richard, Gottlieb, Thomas

“…Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are a pressing public health issue due to limited therapeutic options to treat such infections. CREs have been…”
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Dientamoeba fragilis: A Family Cluster of Disease Associated With Marked Peripheral Eosinophilia by Gray, Timothy James, Kwan, Yiu L., Phan, Thuy, Robertson, Graham, Cheong, Elaine Y. L., Gottlieb, Thomas

“…Dientamoeba fragilis has emerged as an important and underrecognized cause of gastrointestinal illness. We report a familial cluster of D. fragilis associated…”
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Tn6060, a Transposon from a Genomic Island in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Isolate That Includes Two Class 1 Integrons by CHOWDHURY, Piklu Roy, MERLINO, John, LABBATE, Maurizio, CHEONG, Elaine Y.-L, GOTTLIEB, Thomas, STOKES, H. W

“…Classifications Services AAC Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Anncaliia algerae microsporidial myositis by Watts, Matthew R, Chan, Renee C F, Cheong, Elaine Y L, Brammah, Susan, Clezy, Kate R, Tong, Chiwai, Marriott, Deborah, Webb, Cameron E, Chacko, Bobby, Tobias, Vivienne, Outhred, Alexander C, Field, Andrew S, Prowse, Michael V, Bertouch, James V, Stark, Damien, Reddel, Stephen W

“…The insect microsporidian Anncaliia algerae was first described in 2004 as a cause of fatal myositis in an immunosuppressed person from Pennsylvania, USA. Two…”
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Nocardia Septic Arthritis Complicating an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair by Yong, Elaine X L, Cheong, Elaine Y L, Boutlis, Craig S, Chen, Darren B, Liu, Eunice Y-T, McKew, Genevieve L

“…Nocardia infection following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) allograft reconstruction is a rare occurrence. We report a case of Nocardia infection of an…”
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Persistence of related bla-IMP-4 metallo-beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae from clinical and environmental specimens within a burns unit in Australia - a six-year retrospective study by Leung, Grace Hy, Gray, Timothy J, Cheong, Elaine Yl, Haertsch, Peter, Gottlieb, Thomas

“…To describe the clinical epidemiology, environmental surveillance and infection control interventions undertaken in a six-year persistence of bla-IMP-4…”
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Intravenous tigecycline in the treatment of severe recurrent Clostridium difficile colitis by Cheong, Elaine Y L, Gottlieb, Thomas

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Plasmids and bacterial strains mediating multidrug-resistant hospital-acquired infections are coresidents of the hospital environment by Betteridge, Thu, Merlino, John, Natoli, Jonathon, Cheong, Elaine Y-L, Gottlieb, Thomas, Stokes, H W

“…Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a global problem. The widespread use of antibiotics continues to exacerbate the problem giving rise to…”
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Reusable venesection tourniquets: a potential source of hospital transmission of multiresistant organisms by Pinto, Angie N, Phan, Thuy, Sala, Gabriela, Cheong, Elaine Y L, Siarakas, Steven, Gottlieb, Thomas

“…Objective: To determine the prevalence of multiresistant organism (MRO) colonisation of reusable venesection tourniquets. Design and setting: A prospective…”
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Refractory Mycobacterium genavense infection secondary to thymoma-associated endogenous IL-12 inhibitor by Chen, Jessie, Nguyen, MaiAnh, Hu, Hannah, Cheong, Elaine, Sean Riminton, D, Reddel, Stephen

“…CaseA 39-year-old man with thymoma-associated acetylcholine receptor antibody myasthenia gravis (MG) presented with fevers, night sweats, abdominal pain and…”
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Clostridium difficile infection in the Lao People's Democratic Republic: first isolation and review of the literature by Cheong, Elaine, Roberts, Tamalee, Rattanavong, Sayaphet, Riley, Thomas V, Newton, Paul N, Dance, David A B

“…Current knowledge of the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Asia, and in particular the Greater Mekong Subregion, is very limited. Only a few…”
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Phylogenomic analysis of a global collection of Escherichia coli ST38: evidence of interspecies and environmental transmission? by Roy Chowdhury, Piklu, Hastak, Priyanka, DeMaere, Matthew, Wyrsch, Ethan, Li, Dmitriy, Elankumaran, Paarthiphan, Dolejska, Monika, Browning, Glenn F, Marenda, Mark S, Gottlieb, Thomas, Cheong, Elaine, Merlino, John, Myers, Garry S A, Djordjevic, Steven P

“…Extraintestinal pathogenic (ExPEC) sequence type (ST) 38 is one of the top 10 human pandemic lineages. Although a major cause of urinary tract and blood stream…”
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Reply to Röser and Stensvold by Gray, Timothy James, Kwan, Yiu L., Phan, Thuy, Robertson, Graham, Cheong, Elaine Y. L., Gottlieb, Thomas

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Different molecular characteristics and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Clostridium difficile in the Asia-Pacific region by Luo, Yun, Cheong, Elaine, Bian, Qiao, Collins, Deirdre A., Ye, Julian, Shin, Jeong Hwan, Yam, Wing Cheong, Takata, Tohru, Song, Xiaojun, Wang, Xianjun, Kamboj, Mini, Gottlieb, Thomas, Jiang, Jianmin, Riley, Thomas V., Tang, Yi-Wei, Jin, Dazhi

“…Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has been extensively studied in North America and Europe; however, limited data on CDI are…”
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Escherichia coli ST8196 is a novel, locally evolved, and extensively drug resistant pathogenic lineage within the ST131 clonal complex by Hastak, Priyanka, Fourment, Mathieu, Darling, Aaron E., Gottlieb, Thomas, Cheong, Elaine, Merlino, John, Myers, Garry S. A., Djordjevic, Steven P., Roy Chowdhury, Piklu

“…The H30Rx subclade of Escherichia coli ST131 is a clinically important, globally dispersed pathogenic lineage that typically displays resistance to…”
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Recognition of USA300 isolates of community‐acquired methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Australia by Gottlieb, Thomas, Su, Wei‐Yuen, Merlino, John, Cheong, Elaine Y‐L

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First clinical case of a locally acquired carbapenem‐resistant VIM‐1 metallo‐β‐lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Australia by Merlino, John, Stokes, Harold W, Cheong, Elaine Y‐L, Gottlieb, Thomas

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Non‐typhoidal Salmonella myocarditis: a disease manifestation not to be missed by Vigneswaran, Nilanthy, Cheong, Elaine

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Streptococcus Pneumoniae Causing Intra-abdominal and Pelvic Infection: A Case Series by Ronnachit, Amrita, Ellenberger, Katherine A, Gray, Timothy J, Liu, Eunice Y, Gilbey, Timothy L, Cheong, Elaine Y, Gottlieb, Thomas, McKew, Genevieve L

“…Streptococcus pneumoniae is a pathogen known to cause pneumonia, sinusitis, meningitis, and otitis media, but is overlooked as a pathogen causing…”
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