The dark matter of bacterial genomic surveillance—antimicrobial resistance plasmid transmissions in the hospital setting

Authors: Annika Sobkowiak, Vera Schwierzeck, Vincent van Almsick, Natalie Scherff Franziska Schuler Kyrylo Bessonov, James Robertson, Dag Harmsen, Alexander Mellmann

In this study, researchers from Germany use PacBio technology to show that “more than a decade of bacterial genomic surveillance missed at least one-third of all AMR transmission events due to plasmids.”

Journal: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00121-25
Year: 2025

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