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ProfessorShiraneeSriskandan

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease

Professor of Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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Contact

 

s.sriskandan

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Teyanna Gaeta +44 (0)20 3313 1943

 
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Location

 

8N21ACWBCommonwealth BuildingHammersmith Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Jauneikaite:2016:10.1128/JCM.02405-16,
author = {Jauneikaite, E and Khan-Orakzai, Z and Kapatai, G and Bloch, S and Singleton, J and Atkin, S and Sriskandan, S and Shah, V and Hatcher, J and Sheppard, C and Fry, NK and Sata, G and Samaragsinghe, D},
doi = {10.1128/JCM.02405-16},
journal = {Journal of Clinical Microbiology},
pages = {776--782},
title = {Nosocomial outbreak of drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 9V in an adult respiratory medicine ward},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02405-16},
volume = {55},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Streptococcus pneumoniae infections arising in hospitalized patients are often assumed to be sporadic, and linked to community carriage.  Here, whole genome sequencing was used to demonstrate nosocomial acquisition of antimicrobially-resistant ST156-9V S. pneumoniae  in 3 respiratory patients resulting in two bacteremias and one lower respiratory tract infection.  Two of the cases arose in patients who had  recently been discharged from hospital and were re-admitted from the community. Nosocomial spread was suspected solely because of a highly unusual resistance pattern and case presentations within 24h of one another. The outbreak highlights a potential for rapid transmission and short incubation period in the respiratory ward setting.
AU  - Jauneikaite,E
AU  - Khan-Orakzai,Z
AU  - Kapatai,G
AU  - Bloch,S
AU  - Singleton,J
AU  - Atkin,S
AU  - Sriskandan,S
AU  - Shah,V
AU  - Hatcher,J
AU  - Sheppard,C
AU  - Fry,NK
AU  - Sata,G
AU  - Samaragsinghe,D
DO  - 10.1128/JCM.02405-16
EP  - 782
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1098-660X
SP  - 776
TI  - Nosocomial outbreak of drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 9V in an adult respiratory medicine ward
T2  - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02405-16
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/43038
VL  - 55
ER  -
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