BMC microbiology
Comparative core-genome MLST of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium supports the utility of wastewater-based surveillance: a pilot study.
Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Mustapha, Laura Lindholm, Riikka Laukkanen-Ninios, Venla Johansson, Ananda Tiwari, Viivi Heljanko, Kirsi-Maarit Lehto, Anssi Lipponen, Sami Oikarinen, Tarja Pitkänen, Annamari Heikinheimo, WastPan Study Group
Published: 202610.1186/s12866-025-04610-3
Abstract
Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) could complement clinical data and be used as an early warning tool for population-level monitoring of priority pathogens such as vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm). In this pilot study, we isolated…
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