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Retrospective surveillance of viable Bacillus cereus group contaminations in commercial food and feed vitamin B2 products sold on the Belgian market using whole-genome sequencing
whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and subsequently characterized in terms of sequence type (ST), virulence gene profile, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) gene profile, plasmid content, and phylogenomic relationships. ...
Trends in Hospital Antibacterial Consumption in Belgium (2017-2021): Evaluating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
antimicrobial consumption Belgian hospitals Abstract: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on antimicrobial consumption (AMC) in Belgian hospitals from 2017 to 2021, using data from ...
Towards facilitated interpretation of shotgun metagenomics long-read sequencing data analyzed with KMA for the detection of bacterial pathogens and their antimicrobial resistance genes
Sigrid C. J. Source: Frontiers in Microbiology, Volume 15 (2024) Health Topics: Food consumption and food safety Consommation et sécurité alimentaires Voedselconsumptie en –veiligheid Service: Activités ...
Assessing Antimicrobial Consumption in Belgian Nursing Homes (2016-2022): A First-Time National Surveillance Study
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Moira Kelly; Boudewijn Catry; Lucy Catteau Source: ESCAIDE 2023, Barcelona, Spain (2023) Keywords: antimicrobial consumption ...
Antimicrobial monitoring in nursing homes: a target for antimicrobial stewardship
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Moira Kelly; Boudewijn Catry; Lucy Catteau Source: ICPIC, Geneva, Switzerland (2023) Keywords: antimicrobial consumption long ...
Transforming Shiga toxin-producing surveillance through whole genome sequencing in food safety practices.
Complete WGS-based isolate characterization enabled expanding epidemiological insights related to circulating serotypes, virulence genes and antimicrobial resistance across different reservoirs. Moreover, ...
Unequal progress towards national antimicrobial consumption targets in the ambulatory care sector in Belgium: A 2012-2021 longitudinal study including the COVID-19 era
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Moira Kelly; Laura Bonacini; Boudewijn Catry; Lucy Catteau Source: AMCRA, Brussels, Belgium (2023) Keywords: antimicrobial ...
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community antibiotic consumption in the EU/European Economic Area: a changepoint analysis
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Vermeulen, Helene; Hens, Niel; Lucy Catteau; Boudewijn Catry; Coenen, Samuel Source: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 78, ...
Development of strain-level shotgun metagenomics approaches to detect and characterize microbiological contaminants in the context of food safety
study within the problematic of the spread of antimicrobial resistance in the environment. These organisms are genetically modified to enhance the production of a compound (e.g. enzymes, vitamins), and ...
Report on an initial assessment of long-read sequencing for metagenome (community and AMR) analysis (defined community, spiked and real simple and complex matrices) and comparison to current short-read standard
URL: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7429361 Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance Bacterial community Long read metagenomics Metagenome Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring Food consumption and ...