Variant esp gene as a marker of a distinct genetic lineage of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium spreading in hospitals

Marc JMBonten Rob JLWillems , WiegerHoman , JanettaTop , Margavan Santen-Verheuvel
The Lancet 357 ( 9259) 853 -855

289
2001
Emergence and spread of vancomycin resistance among enterococci in Europe

E. Sadowy , T. M. Coque , J. Vuopio-Varkila , R. Leclercq
Eurosurveillance 13 ( 47) 19046

368
2008
Mode and dynamics of vanA-type vancomycin resistance dissemination in Dutch hospitals.

Anita C. Schürch , Jukka Corander , Jukka Corander , Jukka Corander
Genome Medicine 13 ( 1) 9 -9

17
2021
Apparent nosocomial adaptation of Enterococcus faecalis predates the modern hospital era

Anna K Pöntinen , Janetta Top , Sergio Arredondo-Alonso , Gerry Tonkin-Hill
Nature Communications 12 ( 1) 1523 -1523

46
2021
Molecular diversity and evolutionary relationships of Tn1546-like elements in enterococci from humans and animals

Rob J. L. Willems , Janetta Top , Nicole van den Braak , Alex van Belkum
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 43 ( 3) 483 -491

253
1999
Molecular analysis of Tn1546-like elements in vancomycin-resistant enterococci isolated from patients in Europe shows geographic transposon type clustering.

Marinus A. Schouten , Rob J. L. Willems , Wilma A. G. Kraak , Janetta Top
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 45 ( 3) 986 -989

41
2001
Intestinal Colonization with Enterococcus faecium Does Not Influence Pulmonary Defense against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Mice

Masja Leendertse , Rob J. L. Willems , Ida A. J. Giebelen , Joris J. T. H. Roelofs
PLoS ONE 4 ( 8) e6775

1
2009
Multiple-Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis Typing of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in Serbia

Milica Jovanović , Janetta Top , Eline Majoor , Marcus Zervos
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 34 ( 12) 1337 -1339

1
2013
In vivo acquisition of fosfomycin resistance in Escherichia coli by fosA transmission from commensal flora

Thijs ten Doesschate , Iain J Abbott , Rob J L Willems , Janetta Top
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 74 ( 12) 3630 -3632

6
2019
mlplasmids: a user-friendly tool to predict plasmid- and chromosome-derived sequences for single species

Sergio Arredondo-Alonso , Malbert R. C. Rogers , Johanna C. Braat , Tess D. Verschuuren
Microbial genomics 4 ( 11) 1 -15

55
2018
Corrigendum: mlplasmids: a user-friendly tool to predict plasmid- and chromosome-derived sequences for single species.

Sergio Arredondo-Alonso , Malbert R. C. Rogers , Johanna C. Braat , Tess D. Verschuuren
Microbial genomics 5 ( 1)

2019
Genomic rearrangements uncovered by genome-wide co-evolution analysis of a major nosocomial pathogen, Enterococcus faecium.

Janetta Top , Sergio Arredondo-Alonso , Anita C. Schürch , Santeri Puranen
Microbial genomics 6 ( 12) 000488

2020
Failure of vancomycin treatment for meningitis caused by vancomycin-susceptible Enterococcus faecium

Ellen C. van Overbeek , Rob Janknegt , Hans W. M. Ter Berg , Janetta Top
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 42 ( 10) 794 -796

3
2010
Epidemic and nonepidemic multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium.

Helen L. Leavis , Rob J.L. Willems , Janetta Top , Emile Spalburg
Emerging Infectious Diseases 9 ( 9) 1108 -1115

121
2003
Intra- and Interspecies Genomic Transfer of the Enterococcus faecalis Pathogenicity Island

Jenny A. Laverde Gomez , Antoni P. A. Hendrickx , Rob J. Willems , Janetta Top
PLoS ONE 6 ( 4) e16720

46
2011
59
2015
A Novel Putative Enterococcal Pathogenicity Island Linked to the esp Virulence Gene of Enterococcus faecium and Associated with Epidemicity

Helen Leavis , Janetta Top , Nathan Shankar , Katrine Borgen
Journal of Bacteriology 186 ( 3) 672 -682

180
2004
Core Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for High-Resolution Typing of Enterococcus faecium

Janetta Top , Stefan Bletz , Alexander Mellmann , Willem van Schaik
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 53 ( 12) 3788 -3797

149
2015
Molecular characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. clinical isolates from Hungary and Serbia.

Balázs Libisch , Zorica Lepsanovic , Janetta Top , Mónika Muzslay
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 40 ( 10) 778 -784

14
2008