Publications by authors named "Karlijn M G Houkes"
A pseudo-outbreak of MRSA due to laboratory contamination related to MRSA carriage of a laboratory staff member.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
January 2023
Background: Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major burden for hospitals globally. However, in the Netherlands, the MRSA prevalence is relatively low due to the 'search and destroy' policy. Routine multiple-locus variable-number of tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) of MRSA isolates supports outbreak detection.
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- * This report details two cases of patients developing simultaneous infectious endocarditis and spondylodiscitis caused by different CoNS strains.
- * The study emphasizes that in patients with back pain and cardiac devices, CoNS should be treated as potential pathogens rather than mere contaminants.