Cross Infection

Epidemiology
Investigation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Outbreak on an Adult Stem Cell Transplant Unit by Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing
Yijun Zhu, Teresa R. Zembower, Kristen E. Metzger, Zhengdeng Lei, Stefan J. Green, Chao Qi
Mycology
Survival, Persistence, and Isolation of the Emerging Multidrug-Resistant Pathogenic Yeast Candida auris on a Plastic Health Care Surface
Rory M. Welsh, Meghan L. Bentz, Alicia Shams, Hollis Houston, Amanda Lyons, Laura J. Rose, Anastasia P. Litvintseva
Bacteriology
Outbreak of NDM-1-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Dutch Hospital, with Interspecies Transfer of the Resistance Plasmid and Unexpected Occurrence in Unrelated Health Care Centers
Thijs Bosch, Suzanne P. M. Lutgens, Mirjam H. A. Hermans, Peter C. Wever, Peter M. Schneeberger, Nicole H. M. Renders, Alexander C. A. P. Leenders, Jan A. J. W. Kluytmans, Annelot Schoffelen, Daan Notermans, Sandra Witteveen, Erik Bathoorn, Leo M. Schouls
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Bacteriology
Real-Time Electronic Tracking of Diarrheal Episodes and Laxative Therapy Enables Verification of Clostridium difficile Clinical Testing Criteria and Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infection Rates
Cynthia Y. Truong, Saurabh Gombar, Richard Wilson, Gopalakrishnan Sundararajan, Natasa Tekic, Marisa Holubar, John Shepard, Alexandra Madison, Lucy Tompkins, Neil Shah, Stan Deresinski, Lee F. Schroeder, Niaz Banaei
Commentary
Rising Stakes for Health Care-Associated Infection Prevention: Implications for the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Daniel J. Diekema
Open Access

Epidemiology
Nosocomial Outbreak of Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 9V in an Adult Respiratory Medicine Ward
Elita Jauneikaite, Zareena Khan-Orakzai, Georgia Kapatai, Susannah Bloch, Julie Singleton, Sara Atkin, Victoria Shah, James Hatcher, Dunisha Samarasinghe, Carmen Sheppard, Norman K. Fry, Giovanni Satta, Shiranee Sriskandan
Epidemiology
Molecular Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Patients in Eastern China
Dazhi Jin, Yun Luo, Chen Huang, Jian Cai, Julian Ye, Yi Zheng, Liqian Wang, Peng Zhao, Anbing Liu, Weijia Fang, Xianjun Wang, Shichang Xia, Jianmin Jiang, Yi-Wei Tang
Open Access

Virology
Rapid Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing during an Investigation of Hospital-Acquired Human Parainfluenza Virus 3 Infections
Alexander L. Greninger, Danielle M. Zerr, Xuan Qin, Amanda L. Adler, Reigran Sampoleo, Jane M. Kuypers, Janet A. Englund, Keith R. Jerome
Epidemiology
Comparison of Clostridium difficile Ribotypes Circulating in Australian Hospitals and Communities
Luis Furuya-Kanamori, Thomas V. Riley, David L. Paterson, Niki F. Foster, Charlotte A. Huber, Stacey Hong, Tiffany Harris-Brown, Jenny Robson, Archie C. A. Clements
Epidemiology
Incidence of and Risk Factors for Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Acquired Infection or Colonization in Intensive-Care-Unit Patients
Jann-Tay Wang, Chun-Hsing Liao, Chi-Tai Fang, Wei-Chu Chie, Mei-Shu Lai, Tsai-Ling Lauderdale, Shan-Chwen Chang

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