{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,22]],"date-time":"2026-09-22T14:37:02Z","timestamp":1790087822330,"version":"4.0.1"},"reference-count":46,"publisher":"Springer Science and Business Media LLC","issue":"1","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,13]],"date-time":"2025-08-13T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1755043200000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,13]],"date-time":"2025-08-13T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1755043200000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0"}],"funder":[{"DOI":"10.13039\/100000060","name":"National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["K01AI190052"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["K01AI190052"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/100000060","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]},{"DOI":"10.13039\/100000060","name":"National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["R01AI127472"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["R01AI127472"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/100000060","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]},{"DOI":"10.13039\/100000060","name":"National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["R01AI165519"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["R01AI165519"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/100000060","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]}],"content-domain":{"domain":["link.springer.com"],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["BMC Glob. Public Health"],"DOI":"10.1186\/s44263-025-00186-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,13]],"date-time":"2025-08-13T11:51:08Z","timestamp":1755085868000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Genomic sequencing surveillance of patients colonized with vancomycin-resistant enterococci improves detection of healthcare-associated transmission"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"3","author":[{"given":"Alexander J.","family":"Sundermann","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vatsala","family":"Rangachar Srinivasa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emma G.","family":"Mills","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marissa P.","family":"Griffith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eric","family":"Evans","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jieshi","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kady D.","family":"Waggle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Graham M.","family":"Snyder","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lora Lee","family":"Pless","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lee H.","family":"Harrison","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daria","family":"Van Tyne","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"186_CR1","unstructured":"VRE in Healthcare Settings | HAI | CDC. November 6, 2019. https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/hai\/organisms\/vre\/vre.html. Accessed 8 Feb 2024."},{"issue":"7","key":"186_CR2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1716","DOI":"10.1093\/jac\/dkaa122","volume":"75","author":"V Eichel","year":"2020","unstructured":"Eichel V, Klein S, Bootsveld C, et al. Challenges in interpretation of WGS and epidemiological data to investigate nosocomial transmission of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in an endemic region: incorporation of patient movement network and admission screening. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2020;75(7):1716\u201321. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jac\/dkaa122.","journal-title":"J Antimicrob Chemother"},{"issue":"5","key":"186_CR3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"258","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajic.2005.10.008","volume":"34","author":"MG Lankford","year":"2006","unstructured":"Lankford MG, Collins S, Youngberg L, Rooney DM, Warren JR, Noskin GA. Assessment of materials commonly utilized in health care: implications for bacterial survival and transmission. Am J Infect Control. 2006;34(5):258\u201363. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ajic.2005.10.008.","journal-title":"Am J Infect Control"},{"key":"186_CR4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"217","DOI":"10.2147\/IDR.S54125","volume":"8","author":"T O\u2019Driscoll","year":"2015","unstructured":"O\u2019Driscoll T, Crank CW. Vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infections: epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and optimal management. Infect Drug Resist. 2015;8:217\u201330. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2147\/IDR.S54125.","journal-title":"Infect Drug Resist"},{"key":"186_CR5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"133","DOI":"10.1186\/s13756-018-0419-9","volume":"7","author":"TS Kramer","year":"2018","unstructured":"Kramer TS, Remschmidt C, Werner S, et al. The importance of adjusting for enterococcus species when assessing the burden of vancomycin resistance: a cohort study including over 1000 cases of enterococcal bloodstream infections. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2018;7:133. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13756-018-0419-9.","journal-title":"Antimicrob Resist Infect Control"},{"issue":"3","key":"186_CR6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"ofab616","DOI":"10.1093\/ofid\/ofab616","volume":"9","author":"GA Contreras","year":"2022","unstructured":"Contreras GA, Munita JM, Simar S, et al. Contemporary clinical and molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcal Bacteremia: a prospective multicenter cohort study (VENOUS I). Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022;9(3):ofab616. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/ofid\/ofab616.","journal-title":"Open Forum Infect Dis."},{"issue":"5","key":"186_CR7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e01978","DOI":"10.1128\/AAC.01978-18","volume":"63","author":"J Liese","year":"2019","unstructured":"Liese J, Sch\u00fcle L, Oberhettinger P, et al. Expansion of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium in an academic tertiary hospital in Southwest Germany: a large-scale whole-genome-based outbreak investigation. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019;63(5):e01978-e2018. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/AAC.01978-18.","journal-title":"Antimicrob Agents Chemother"},{"issue":"4","key":"186_CR8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"266","DOI":"10.1038\/nrmicro2761","volume":"10","author":"CA Arias","year":"2012","unstructured":"Arias CA, Murray BE. The rise of the Enterococcus: beyond vancomycin resistance. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2012;10(4):266\u201378. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/nrmicro2761.","journal-title":"Nat Rev Microbiol"},{"issue":"1","key":"186_CR9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"103","DOI":"10.1038\/s41564-020-00806-7","volume":"6","author":"T Gouliouris","year":"2021","unstructured":"Gouliouris T, Coll F, Ludden C, et al. Quantifying acquisition and transmission of Enterococcus faecium using genomic surveillance. Nat Microbiol. 2021;6(1):103\u201311. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41564-020-00806-7.","journal-title":"Nat Microbiol"},{"issue":"1","key":"186_CR10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"87","DOI":"10.1186\/s13756-020-00755-0","volume":"9","author":"R Marom","year":"2020","unstructured":"Marom R, Mandel D, Haham A, et al. A silent outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a neonatal intensive care unit. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2020;9(1):87. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13756-020-00755-0.","journal-title":"Antimicrob Resist Infect Control"},{"issue":"1","key":"186_CR11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"6274","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-018-24614-6","volume":"8","author":"KWC Leong","year":"2018","unstructured":"Leong KWC, Cooley LA, Anderson TL, et al. Emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium at an Australian hospital: a whole genome sequencing analysis. Sci Rep. 2018;8(1):6274. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-018-24614-6.","journal-title":"Sci Rep"},{"issue":"3","key":"186_CR12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"149","DOI":"10.1177\/1757177416687832","volume":"18","author":"D Garc\u00eda Mart\u00ednez de Artola","year":"2017","unstructured":"Garc\u00eda Mart\u00ednez de Artola D, Castro B, Ramos MJ, D\u00edaz Cuevas Z, Lakhwani S, Lecuona M. Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus on a haematology ward: management and control. J Infect Prev. 2017;18(3):149\u201353. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1757177416687832.","journal-title":"J Infect Prev."},{"issue":"5","key":"186_CR13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"551","DOI":"10.1017\/ice.2019.41","volume":"40","author":"P Andersson","year":"2019","unstructured":"Andersson P, Beckingham W, Gorrie CL, et al. Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit and special care nursery at a tertiary-care hospital in Australia-A retrospective case-control study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019;40(5):551\u20138. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/ice.2019.41.","journal-title":"Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol"},{"issue":"4","key":"186_CR14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e216","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jhin.2018.02.016","volume":"100","author":"FNJ Frakking","year":"2018","unstructured":"Frakking FNJ, Bril WS, Sinnige JC, et al. Recommendations for the successful control of a large outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a non-endemic hospital setting. J Hosp Infect. 2018;100(4):e216\u201325. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhin.2018.02.016.","journal-title":"J Hosp Infect"},{"issue":"48","key":"186_CR15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2200285","DOI":"10.2807\/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.48.2200285","volume":"27","author":"V Piezzi","year":"2022","unstructured":"Piezzi V, Wassilew N, Atkinson A, et al. Nosocomial outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) ST796, Switzerland, 2017 to 2020. Euro Surveill. 2022;27(48):2200285. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2807\/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.48.2200285.","journal-title":"Euro Surveill"},{"issue":"6","key":"186_CR16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1163","DOI":"10.1007\/s10096-019-03524-z","volume":"38","author":"MHH Abdelbary","year":"2019","unstructured":"Abdelbary MHH, Senn L, Greub G, Chaillou G, Moulin E, Blanc DS. Whole-genome sequencing revealed independent emergence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium causing sequential outbreaks over 3 years in a tertiary care hospital. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019;38(6):1163\u201370. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10096-019-03524-z.","journal-title":"Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis"},{"issue":"2","key":"186_CR17","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"170","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajic.2016.05.015","volume":"45","author":"P Tang","year":"2017","unstructured":"Tang P, Croxen MA, Hasan MR, Hsiao WWL, Hoang LM. Infection control in the new age of genomic epidemiology. Am J Infect Control. 2017;45(2):170\u20139. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ajic.2016.05.015.","journal-title":"Am J Infect Control"},{"issue":"3","key":"186_CR18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/spectrum.04901-22","volume":"11","author":"Z Udaondo","year":"2023","unstructured":"Udaondo Z, Abram K, Kothari A, Jun SR. Top-down genomic surveillance approach to investigate the genomic epidemiology and antibiotic resistance patterns of enterococcus faecium detected in cancer patients in Arkansas. Microbiol Spectr. 2023;11(3): e0490122. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/spectrum.04901-22.","journal-title":"Microbiol Spectr"},{"issue":"3","key":"186_CR19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/spectrum.04204-22","volume":"11","author":"B Permana","year":"2023","unstructured":"Permana B, Harris PNA, Runnegar N, et al. Using Genomics To Investigate an Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium ST78 at a Large Tertiary Hospital in Queensland. Microbiol Spectr. 2023;11(3): e0420422. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/spectrum.04204-22.","journal-title":"Microbiol Spectr"},{"issue":"7","key":"186_CR20","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"886","DOI":"10.1093\/cid\/ciw872","volume":"64","author":"KE Raven","year":"2017","unstructured":"Raven KE, Gouliouris T, Brodrick H, et al. Complex routes of nosocomial vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium transmission revealed by genome sequencing. Clin Infect Dis. 2017;64(7):886\u201393. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/cid\/ciw872.","journal-title":"Clin Infect Dis"},{"issue":"1","key":"186_CR21","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"4","DOI":"10.1186\/s13073-015-0259-7","volume":"8","author":"HJ Brodrick","year":"2016","unstructured":"Brodrick HJ, Raven KE, Harrison EM, et al. Whole-genome sequencing reveals transmission of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a healthcare network. Genome Med. 2016;8(1):4. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13073-015-0259-7.","journal-title":"Genome Med"},{"issue":"3","key":"186_CR22","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"476","DOI":"10.1093\/cid\/ciab946","volume":"75","author":"AJ Sundermann","year":"2022","unstructured":"Sundermann AJ, Chen J, Kumar P, et al. Whole-genome sequencing surveillance and machine learning of the electronic health record for enhanced healthcare outbreak detection. Clin Infect Dis. 2022;75(3):476\u201382. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/cid\/ciab946.","journal-title":"Clin Infect Dis"},{"key":"186_CR23","unstructured":"NHSN | CDC. January 4, 2024. https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nhsn\/index.html. Accessed 8 Feb 2024."},{"issue":"1","key":"186_CR24","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/cpbi.102","volume":"70","author":"A Prjibelski","year":"2020","unstructured":"Prjibelski A, Antipov D, Meleshko D, Lapidus A, Korobeynikov A. Using SPAdes De Novo Assembler. Curr Protoc Bioinformatics. 2020;70(1): e102. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/cpbi.102.","journal-title":"Curr Protoc Bioinformatics"},{"key":"186_CR25","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"124","DOI":"10.12688\/wellcomeopenres.14826.1","volume":"3","author":"KA Jolley","year":"2018","unstructured":"Jolley KA, Bray JE, Maiden MCJ. Open-access bacterial population genomics: BIGSdb software, the PubMLST.org website and their applications. Wellcome Open Res. 2018;3:124. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12688\/wellcomeopenres.14826.1.","journal-title":"Wellcome Open Res."},{"key":"186_CR26","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"Harris SR. SKA: Split Kmer analysis toolkit for bacterial genomic epidemiology. Published online October 25, 2018:453142. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/453142","DOI":"10.1101\/453142"},{"issue":"3","key":"186_CR27","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"274","DOI":"10.1007\/s00357-014-9161-z","volume":"31","author":"F Murtagh","year":"2014","unstructured":"Murtagh F, Legendre P. Ward\u2019s hierarchical agglomerative clustering method: which algorithms implement Ward\u2019s criterion? J Classif. 2014;31(3):274\u201395. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00357-014-9161-z.","journal-title":"J Classif"},{"key":"186_CR28","unstructured":"neherlab\/treetime. Published online February 21, 2025. https:\/\/github.com\/neherlab\/treetime. Accessed March 3, 2025."},{"issue":"7","key":"186_CR29","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1641","DOI":"10.1093\/molbev\/msp077","volume":"26","author":"MN Price","year":"2009","unstructured":"Price MN, Dehal PS, Arkin AP. FastTree: computing large minimum evolution trees with profiles instead of a distance matrix. Mol Biol Evol. 2009;26(7):1641\u201350. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/molbev\/msp077.","journal-title":"Mol Biol Evol"},{"key":"186_CR30","unstructured":"University of Pittsburgh. Enhanced detection system for hospital associated transmission (EDS HAT). PRJNA475751, NCBI BioProject. 2018. https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/bioproject\/475751. Accessed 20 May 2024."},{"issue":"4","key":"186_CR31","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e00534","DOI":"10.1128\/mBio.00534-13","volume":"4","author":"F Lebreton","year":"2013","unstructured":"Lebreton F, van Schaik W, McGuire AM, et al. Emergence of epidemic multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium from animal and commensal strains. mBio. 2013;4(4):e00534-13. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/mBio.00534-13.","journal-title":"mBio."},{"issue":"7","key":"186_CR32","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1099\/mgen.0.000277","volume":"5","author":"JR Bayjanov","year":"2019","unstructured":"Bayjanov JR, Baan J, Rogers MRC, Troelstra A, Willems RJL, van Schaik W. Enterococcus faecium genome dynamics during long-term asymptomatic patient gut colonization. Microb Genom. 2019;5(7): e000277. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1099\/mgen.0.000277.","journal-title":"Microb Genom"},{"issue":"9","key":"186_CR33","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2247","DOI":"10.3201\/eid2609.201576","volume":"26","author":"M McCracken","year":"2020","unstructured":"McCracken M, Mitchell R, Smith S, et al. Emergence of pstS-Null Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Clone ST1478, Canada, 2013\u20132018. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020;26(9):2247\u201350. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3201\/eid2609.201576.","journal-title":"Emerg Infect Dis"},{"issue":"2","key":"186_CR34","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"320","DOI":"10.1093\/jac\/dkab393","volume":"77","author":"SA Egan","year":"2022","unstructured":"Egan SA, Kavanagh NL, Shore AC, et al. Genomic analysis of 600 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium reveals a high prevalence of ST80 and spread of similar vanA regions via IS1216E and plasmid transfer in diverse genetic lineages in Ireland. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2022;77(2):320\u201330. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jac\/dkab393.","journal-title":"J Antimicrob Chemother"},{"key":"186_CR35","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"12","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jhin.2020.10.019","volume":"107","author":"H Fang","year":"2021","unstructured":"Fang H, Fr\u00f6ding I, Ullberg M, Giske CG. Genomic analysis revealed distinct transmission clusters of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ST80 in Stockholm. Sweden J Hosp Infect. 2021;107:12\u20135. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhin.2020.10.019.","journal-title":"Sweden J Hosp Infect"},{"issue":"9","key":"186_CR36","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2474","DOI":"10.1093\/jac\/dkv142","volume":"70","author":"M Pinholt","year":"2015","unstructured":"Pinholt M, Larner-Svensson H, Littauer P, et al. Multiple hospital outbreaks of vanA Enterococcus faecium in Denmark, 2012\u201313, investigated by WGS. MLST and PFGE J Antimicrob Chemother. 2015;70(9):2474\u201382. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jac\/dkv142.","journal-title":"MLST and PFGE J Antimicrob Chemother"},{"issue":"4","key":"186_CR37","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijantimicag.2022.106561","volume":"59","author":"A Jozef\u00edkov\u00e1","year":"2022","unstructured":"Jozef\u00edkov\u00e1 A, Val\u010dek A, \u0160oltys K, Nov\u00e1kov\u00e1 E, Bujd\u00e1kov\u00e1 H. Persistence and multi-ward dissemination of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ST17 clone in hospital settings in Slovakia 2017\u20132020. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2022;59(4): 106561. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijantimicag.2022.106561.","journal-title":"Int J Antimicrob Agents"},{"key":"186_CR38","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.lanwpc.2022.100446","volume":"23","author":"NL Sherry","year":"2022","unstructured":"Sherry NL, Gorrie CL, Kwong JC, et al. Multi-site implementation of whole genome sequencing for hospital infection control: a prospective genomic epidemiological analysis. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2022;23: 100446. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.lanwpc.2022.100446.","journal-title":"Lancet Reg Health West Pac"},{"issue":"4","key":"186_CR39","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"466","DOI":"10.1017\/ice.2015.325","volume":"37","author":"MA Baker","year":"2016","unstructured":"Baker MA, Huang SS, Letourneau AR, et al. Lack of comprehensive outbreak detection in hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016;37(4):466\u20138. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/ice.2015.325.","journal-title":"Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol"},{"issue":"1","key":"186_CR40","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e01479","DOI":"10.1128\/aac.01479-24","volume":"69","author":"AJ Sundermann","year":"2024","unstructured":"Sundermann AJ, Rosa R, Harris PNA, et al. Pathogen genomics in healthcare: overcoming barriers to proactive surveillance. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024;69(1):e01479-e1524. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/aac.01479-24.","journal-title":"Antimicrob Agents Chemother"},{"issue":"20","key":"186_CR41","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2200672","DOI":"10.2807\/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.20.2200672","volume":"28","author":"M R\u00f6denbeck","year":"2023","unstructured":"R\u00f6denbeck M, Ayobami O, Eckmanns T, Pletz MW, Bleidorn J, Markwart R. Clinical epidemiology and case fatality due to antimicrobial resistance in Germany: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2021. Euro Surveill. 2023;28(20):2200672. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2807\/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.20.2200672.","journal-title":"Euro Surveill"},{"issue":"11","key":"186_CR42","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1595","DOI":"10.1017\/ice.2021.457","volume":"43","author":"EM Martin","year":"2022","unstructured":"Martin EM, Colaianne B, Bridge C, et al. Discontinuing MRSA and VRE contact precautions: Defining hospital characteristics and infection prevention practices predicting safe de-escalation. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022;43(11):1595\u2013602. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/ice.2021.457.","journal-title":"Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol"},{"issue":"12","key":"186_CR43","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1347","DOI":"10.1016\/S1473-3099(24)00399-2","volume":"24","author":"K Browne","year":"2024","unstructured":"Browne K, White NM, Russo PL, et al. Investigating the effect of enhanced cleaning and disinfection of shared medical equipment on health-care-associated infections in Australia (CLEEN): a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised, controlled trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2024;24(12):1347\u201356. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S1473-3099(24)00399-2.","journal-title":"Lancet Infect Dis"},{"issue":"9","key":"186_CR44","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0075658","volume":"8","author":"PD Ziakas","year":"2013","unstructured":"Ziakas PD, Thapa R, Rice LB, Mylonakis E. Trends and significance of VRE colonization in the ICU: a meta-analysis of published studies. PLoS ONE. 2013;8(9): e75658. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0075658.","journal-title":"PLoS ONE"},{"issue":"1","key":"186_CR45","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"ofw246","DOI":"10.1093\/ofid\/ofw246","volume":"4","author":"M Alevizakos","year":"2017","unstructured":"Alevizakos M, Gaitanidis A, Nasioudis D, Tori K, Flokas ME, Mylonakis E. Colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci and risk for bloodstream infection among patients with malignancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017;4(1):ofw246. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/ofid\/ofw246.","journal-title":"Open Forum Infect Dis."},{"issue":"1","key":"186_CR46","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/ash.2021.241","volume":"2","author":"AJ Sundermann","year":"2022","unstructured":"Sundermann AJ, Chen J, Miller JK, et al. Whole-genome sequencing surveillance and machine learning for healthcare outbreak detection and investigation: a systematic review and summary. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2022;2(1): e91. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/ash.2021.241.","journal-title":"Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol"}],"container-title":["BMC Global and Public Health"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1186\/s44263-025-00186-2.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1186\/s44263-025-00186-2\/fulltext.html","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1186\/s44263-025-00186-2.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,13]],"date-time":"2025-08-13T11:51:11Z","timestamp":1755085871000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/bmcglobalpublichealth.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s44263-025-00186-2"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,13]]},"references-count":46,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12]]}},"alternative-id":["186"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s44263-025-00186-2","relation":{},"ISSN":["2731-913X"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2731-913X","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,13]]},"assertion":[{"value":"1 July 2025","order":1,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"ArticleHistory","label":"Article History"}},{"value":"15 July 2025","order":2,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"ArticleHistory","label":"Article History"}},{"value":"13 August 2025","order":3,"name":"first_online","label":"First Online","group":{"name":"ArticleHistory","label":"Article History"}},{"order":1,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Declarations"}},{"value":"Ethics approval for the study was obtained from the University of Pittsburgh Institutional Review Board (Protocol STUDY21040126). Because only de-identified data are included, the study was found to be exempt from informed consent. The research performed conformed to the principles of the Helsinki Declaration.","order":2,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Ethics approval and consent to participate"}},{"value":"Not applicable.","order":3,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Consent for publication"}},{"value":"The authors declare no competing interests.","order":4,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Competing interests"}}],"article-number":"69"}}