@article{4e2693b6d3094e7586cde8f03532b756,
title = "Genomic confirmation of vancomycinresistant Enterococcus transmission from deceased donor to liver transplant recipient",
abstract = "In a liver transplant recipient with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) surgical site and bloodstream infection, a combination of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, multilocus sequence typing, and whole genome sequencing identified that donor and recipient VRE isolates were highly similar when compared to time-matched hospital isolates. Comparison of de novo assembled isolate genomes was highly suggestive of transplant transmission rather than hospital-acquired transmission and also identified subtle internal rearrangements between donor and recipient missed by other genomic approaches. Given the improved resolution, whole-genome assembly of pathogen genomes is likely to become an essential tool for investigation of potential organ transplant transmissions.",
author = "Ali Bashir and Oliver Attie and Mitchell Sullivan and Robert Sebra and Singh, {Kavindra V.} and Deena Altman and Theodore Pak and Jayeeta Dutta and Kieran Chacko and Elizabeth Webster and Martha Lewis and Camille Hamula and Carpini, {Kristin W.Delli} and Murray, {Barbara E.} and Andrew Kasarskis and {Van Bakel}, Harm and Shirish Huprikar",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Bashir et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.",
year = "2017",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1371/journal.pone.0170449",
language = "English",
volume = "12",
journal = "PLoS ONE",
issn = "1932-6203",
publisher = "Public Library of Science",
number = "3",
}