Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Hetland, Marit"

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    • Co-localization of clinically relevant antibiotic- and heavy metal resistance genes on plasmids in Klebsiella pneumoniae from marine bivalves 

      Håkonsholm, Fredrik; Hetland, Marit; Löhr, Iren Høyland; Lunestad, Bjørn Tore; Marathe, Nachiket Prakash (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Klebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic pathogen frequently associated with antibiotic resistance and present in a wide range of environments, including marine habitats. However, little is known about the development, ...

    • Emergence and rapid global dissemination of CTX-M-15-associated Klebsiella pneumoniae strain ST307 

      Wyres, Kelly L.; Hawkey, Jane; Hetland, Marit; Fostervold, Aasmund; Wick, Ryan R.; Judd, Louise M.; Hamidian, Mohammad; Howden, Benjamin P.; Löhr, Iren Høyland; Holt, Kathryn E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Objectives: Recent reports indicate the emergence of a new carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clone, ST307. We sought to better understand the global epidemiology and evolution of this clone and evaluate its ...

    • Highly conserved composite transposon harbouring aerobactin iuc3 in Klebsiella pneumoniae from pigs 

      Kaspersen, Håkon; Franklin-Alming, Fiona; Hetland, Marit; Bernhoff, Eva; Löhr, Iren Høyland; Jiwakanon, Jatesada; Urdahl, Anne Margrete; Leangapichart, Thongpan; Sunde, Marianne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Klebsiella pneumoniae is an important opportunistic pathogen associated with severe invasive disease in humans. Hypervirulent K. pneumoniae, which are K. pneumoniae with several acquired virulence determinants such as the ...

    • Population dynamics and characteristics of Klebsiella pneumoniae from healthy poultry in Norway 

      Kaspersen, Håkon; Urdahl, Anne Margrete; Franklin-Alming, Fiona Valerie; Ilag, Hanna Karin; Hetland, Marit; Bernhoff, Eva; Löhr, Iren Høyland; Sunde, Marianne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-18)
      Klebsiella pneumoniae is an important opportunistic pathogen widely studied in relation to human infection and colonization. However, there is a lack of knowledge regarding other niches that K. pneumoniae may inhabit. K. ...

    • Within-patient and global evolutionary dynamics of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST17 

      Hetland, Marit; Hawkey, Jane; Bernhoff, Eva; Bakksjø, Ragna-Johanne; Kaspersen, Håkon; Rettedal, Siren; Sundsfjord, Arnfinn; Holt, Kathryn E.; Löhr, Iren Høyland (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type (ST) 17 is a global problem clone that causes multidrug-resistant (MDR) hospital infections worldwide. In 2008–2009, an outbreak of MDR ST17 occurred at a neonatal intensive care unit ...