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Molecular epidemiology of a nationwide Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in Norway reveals multiple distinct clusters, including high-risk clone ST244.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Feb 2026
Pedersen T, Hesselberg Løvestad A, Ingebretsen A, Skutlaberg D H, Ås C G, Blomfeldt A
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BACKGROUND: A nationwide collection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteraemia isolates was assembled during a wild-type P. aeruginosa ST3875 outbreak affecting approximately 400 patients across 40 hospitals in Norway in 2021-2022. AIM: To investigate the molecular epidemiology of P. aeruginosa in Norway through a multi-centre retrospective study. METHODS: All available isolates collected over 18 months were retrieved...
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