Publications
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae ST23 producing OXA-48 in Switzerland.
Blanc DS, Poirel L, Van Singer M, Greub G, Nordmann P
Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2021 Dec;58(6):106457
Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing VIM carbapenemase in an intensive care unit and its termination by implementation of waterless patient care.
Catho G, Martischang R, Boroli F, Chraïti MN, Martin Y, Koyluk Tomsuk Z, Renzi G, Schrenzel J, Pugin J, Nordmann P, Blanc DS, Harbarth S
Crit Care. 2021 Aug 19;25(1):301
False Immunological Detection of CTX-M Enzymes in Klebsiella oxytoca.
Ortiz de la Rosa JM, Demord A, Poirel L, Greub G, Blanc D, Nordmann P
J Clin Microbiol. 2021 May 19;59(6)
NGS-Based <i>S. aureus</i> Typing and Outbreak Analysis in Clinical Microbiology Laboratories: Lessons Learned From a Swiss-Wide Proficiency Test.
Dylus D, Pillonel T, Opota O, Wüthrich D, Seth-Smith HMB, Egli A, Leo S, Lazarevic V, Schrenzel J, Laurent S, Bertelli C, Blanc DS, Neuenschwander S, Ramette A, Falquet L, Imkamp F, Keller PM, Kahles A, Oberhaensli S, Barbié V, Dessimoz C, Greub G, Lebran
Front Microbiol. 2020;11:591093
Phylogeographical Analysis Reveals the Historic Origin, Emergence, and Evolutionary Dynamics of Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> ST228.
Abdelbary MMH, Feil EJ, Senn L, Petignat C, Prod'hom G, Schrenzel J, François P, Werner G, Layer F, Strommenger B, Pantosti A, Monaco M, Denis O, Deplano A, Grundmann H, Blanc DS
Front Microbiol. 2020;11:2063
Comparison of Whole Genome (wg-) and Core Genome (cg-) MLST (BioNumerics<sup>TM</sup>) Versus SNP Variant Calling for Epidemiological Investigation of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>.
Blanc DS, Magalhães B, Koenig I, Senn L, Grandbastien B
Front Microbiol. 2020;11:1729
Evolution and Population Dynamics of Clonal Complex 152 Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>.
Baig S, Rhod Larsen A, Martins Simões P, Laurent F, Johannesen TB, Lilje B, Tristan A, Schaumburg F, Egyir B, Cirkovic I, Nimmo GR, Spiliopoulou I, Blanc DS, Mernelius S, Moen AEF, David MZ, Andersen PS, Stegger M
mSphere. 2020 Jul 1;5(4)
Combining Standard Molecular Typing and Whole Genome Sequencing to Investigate <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Epidemiology in Intensive Care Units.
Magalhães B, Valot B, Abdelbary MMH, Prod'hom G, Greub G, Senn L, Blanc DS
Front Public Health. 2020;8:3
Automated Incubation and Digital Image Analysis of Chromogenic Media Using Copan WASPLab Enables Rapid Detection of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus.
Cherkaoui A, Renzi G, Charretier Y, Blanc DS, Vuilleumier N, Schrenzel J
Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2019;9:379
Evaluation of three consecutive versions of a commercial rapid PCR test to screen for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Bulliard E, Grandbastien B, Senn L, Greub G, Blanc DS
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2019 Nov;25(11):1430.e1-1430.e4
Whole-genome sequencing revealed independent emergence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium causing sequential outbreaks over 3 years in a tertiary care hospital.
Abdelbary MHH, Senn L, Greub G, Chaillou G, Moulin E, Blanc DS
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019 Jun;38(6):1163-1170
Molecular epidemiology of Clostridioides (previously Clostridium) difficile isolates from a university hospital in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Diniz AN, de Oliveira Júnior CA, Vilela EG, Figueiredo HCP, Rupnik M, Wilcox MH, Fawley WN, Blanc DS, Faria Lobato FC, Silva ROS
Anaerobe. 2019 Apr;56:34-39
High-Quality Complete Genome Sequences of Three Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Retrieved from Patients Hospitalized in Intensive Care Units.
Magalhães B, Senn L, Blanc DS
Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Feb;8(9)
Improving the quality and workflow of bacterial genome sequencing and analysis: paving the way for a Switzerland-wide molecular epidemiological surveillance platform.
Egli A, Blanc DS, Greub G, Keller PM, Lazarevic V, Lebrand A, Leib S, Neher RA, Perreten V, Ramette A, Schrenzel J, Stephan R, Wagner K, Wuethrich D, Xenarios I
Swiss Med Wkly. 2018 Dec 3;148:w14693
Rodents are carriers of Clostridioides difficile strains similar to those isolated from piglets.
de Oliveira CA Jr, de Paula Gabardo M, Guedes RMC, Poncet F, Blanc DS, Lobato FCF, Silva ROS
Anaerobe. 2018 Jun;51:61-63
Clostridioides difficile infection in dogs with chronic-recurring diarrhea responsive to dietary changes.
Silva ROS, de Oliveira Júnior CA, Blanc DS, Pereira ST, de Araujo MCR, Vasconcelos A, Lobato FCF
Anaerobe. 2018 Jun;51:50-53
[Vancomycine-resistant enterocci (VRE) : a new reality in our hospitals].
Moulin E, Deggim-Messmer V, Erard V, Christin L, Petignat C, Blanc DS, Senn L
Rev Med Suisse. 2018 Apr 11;14(602):791-794
Evaluating the use of whole-genome sequencing for outbreak investigations in the lack of closely related reference genome.
Abdelbary MMH, Senn L, Moulin E, Prod'hom G, Croxatto A, Greub G, Blanc DS
Infect Genet Evol. 2018 Apr;59:1-6
Global emergence of the widespread Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST235 clone.
Treepong P, Kos VN, Guyeux C, Blanc DS, Bertrand X, Valot B, Hocquet D
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2018 Mar;24(3):258-266
Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals the Contribution of Long-Term Carriers in Staphylococcus aureus Outbreak Investigation.
Gordon NC, Pichon B, Golubchik T, Wilson DJ, Paul J, Blanc DS, Cole K, Collins J, Cortes N, Cubbon M, Gould FK, Jenks PJ, Llewelyn M, Nash JQ, Orendi JM, Paranthaman K, Price JR, Senn L, Thomas HL, Wyllie S, Crook DW, Peto TEA, Walker AS, Kearns AM
J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Jul;55(7):2188-2197
Draft Genome Sequences of Two Carbapenemase-Producing <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> Clinical Strains Isolated from Albanian and Togolese Patients.
Abdelbary MMH, Prod'hom G, Greub G, Senn L, Blanc DS
Genome Announc. 2017 May 18;5(20)
Universal screening and decolonization for control of MRSA in nursing homes: follow-up of a cluster randomized controlled trial.
Héquet D, Rousson V, Blanc DS, Büla C, Qalla-Widmer L, Masserey E, Zanetti G, Petignat C
J Hosp Infect. 2017 May;96(1):69-71
Comparison of double-locus sequence typing (DLST) and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) for the investigation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations.
Cholley P, Stojanov M, Hocquet D, Thouverez M, Bertrand X, Blanc DS
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015 Aug;82(4):274-7
Universal screening and decolonization for control of MRSA in nursing homes: a cluster randomized controlled study.
Bellini C, Petignat C, Masserey E, Büla C, Burnand B, Rousson V, Blanc DS, Zanetti G
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Apr;36(4):401-8
Changing molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an Algerian hospital.
Basset P, Amhis W, Blanc DS
J Infect Dev Ctries. 2015 Feb 19;9(2):206-9
Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from 4 Cuban hospitals.
Leiva Peláez O, Stojanov M, Zayas Tamayo AM, Barreras García G, González Aleman M, Martínez Ceballos L, Muñoz del Campo JL, Bello Rodríguez O, Gonzalez Mesa L, Blanc DS
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015 Jan;81(1):1-3
Characterization of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec insertion site in 108 isolates lacking the mecA gene and identified as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by the Xpert MRSA assay.
Stojanov M, Blanc DS
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2014 Nov;33(11):1967-71
Fast and simple epidemiological typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa using the double-locus sequence typing (DLST) method.
Basset P, Blanc DS
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2014 Jun;33(6):927-32
Antibiotic susceptibility and molecular epidemiology of Panton Valentine leukocidin-positive meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Marina Macedo-Viñas, John Conly, Patrice Francois, Richard Aschbacher, Dominique S. Blanc, Geoffrey Coombs, George Daikos, Benu Dhawan, Joanna Empel, Jerome Etienne, Agnes Marie Sá Figueiredo, George Golding & CNISP, Lizhong Han, Hong Bin Kim, Robin Köck,
An international survey Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance (2014), P. 43-47
High genetic diversity of Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary care hospital in Southwest Nigeria.
Raji A, Ojemhen O, Umejiburu U, Ogunleye A, Blanc DS, Basset P
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Dec;77(4):367-9
Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Switzerland: sampling only invasive isolates does not allow a representative description of the local diversity of clones.
Senn L, Basset P, Greub G, Prod'hom G, Frei R, Zbinden R, Gaia V, Balmelli C, Pfyffer GE, Mühlemann K, Zanetti G, Blanc DS
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013 Jul;19(7):E288-90
MRSA screening by the Xpert MRSA PCR assay: pooling samples of the nose, throat, and groin increases the sensitivity of detection without increasing the laboratory costs.
Blanc DS, Nahimana I, Zanetti G, Greub G
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Apr;32(4):565-8
Very low prevalence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the mecC gene in western Switzerland.
Basset P, Prod'hom G, Senn L, Greub G, Blanc DS
J Hosp Infect. 2013 Mar;83(3):257-9
Evaluation of adding a second marker to overcome Staphylococcus aureus spa typing homoplasies.
Basset P, Nübel U, Witte W, Blanc DS
J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Apr;50(4):1475-7
Which anatomical sites should be sampled for screening of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage by culture or by rapid PCR test?
Senn L, Basset P, Nahimana I, Zanetti G, Blanc DS
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2012 Feb;18(2):E31-3
Short term evolution of a highly transmissible methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone (ST228) in a tertiary care hospital.
Vogel V, Falquet L, Calderon-Copete SP, Basset P, Blanc DS
PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e38969
Investigation of classical epidemiological links between patients harbouring identical, non-predominant meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genotypes and lessons for epidemiological tracking.
Senn L, Zanetti G, Bally F, Chuard C, Cometta A, Burr M, Eisenring MC, Basset P, Blanc DS
J Hosp Infect. 2011 Nov;79(3):202-5
High proportion of wrongly identified methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers by use of a rapid commercial PCR assay due to presence of staphylococcal cassette chromosome element lacking the mecA gene.
Blanc DS, Basset P, Nahimana-Tessemo I, Jaton K, Greub G, Zanetti G
J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Feb;49(2):722-4
Molecular epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in intensive care units over a 10-year period (1998-2007).
Cuttelod M, Senn L, Terletskiy V, Nahimana I, Petignat C, Eggimann P, Bille J, Prod'hom G, Zanetti G, Blanc DS
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2011 Jan;17(1):57-62
Diversity of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec elements in predominant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in a small geographic area.
Basset P, Senn L, Vogel V, Zanetti G, Blanc DS
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Nov;54(11):4589-95
Impact of recombination on genetic variability within Staphylococcus aureus clonal complexes.
Basic-Hammer N, Vogel V, Basset P, Blanc DS
Infect Genet Evol. 2010 Oct;10(7):1117-23
Usefulness of double locus sequence typing (DLST) for regional and international epidemiological surveillance of methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Basset P, Senn L, Prod'hom G, Bille J, Francioli P, Zanetti G, Blanc DS
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2010 Aug;16(8):1289-96
Ecological temporal stability of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage.
Sakwinska O, Blanc DS, Lazor-Blanchet C, Moreillon M, Giddey M, Moreillon P
J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Aug;48(8):2724-8
Comparative genomics of epidemic versus sporadic Staphylococcus aureus strains does not reveal molecular markers for epidemicity.
Kuhn G, Koessler T, Melles DC, Francois P, Huyghe A, Dunman P, Vos MC, Zanetti G, Schrenzel J, van Belkum A, Blanc DS
Infect Genet Evol. 2010 Jan;10(1):89-96
Cooccurrence of predominant Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive sequence type (ST) 152 and multidrug-resistant ST 241 Staphylococcus aureus clones in Nigerian hospitals.
Okon KO, Basset P, Uba A, Lin J, Oyawoye B, Shittu AO, Blanc DS
J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Sep;47(9):3000-3
Genetic diversity and ecological success of Staphylococcus aureus strains colonizing humans.
Sakwinska O, Kuhn G, Balmelli C, Francioli P, Giddey M, Perreten V, Riesen A, Zysset F, Blanc DS, Moreillon P
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 Jan;75(1):175-83
Changing molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a small geographic area over an eight-year period.
Blanc DS, Petignat C, Wenger A, Kuhn G, Vallet Y, Fracheboud D, Trachsel S, Reymond M, Troillet N, Siegrist HH, Oeuvray S, Bes M, Etienne J, Bille J, Francioli P, Zanetti G
J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Nov;45(11):3729-36
Importation of Acinetobacter baumannii into a burn unit: a recurrent outbreak of infection associated with widespread environmental contamination.
Zanetti G, Blanc DS, Federli I, Raffoul W, Petignat C, Maravic P, Francioli P, Berger MM
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Jun;28(6):723-5
Legionella pneumophila aortitis in a heart transplant recipient.
Guyot S, Goy JJ, Gersbach P, Jaton K, Blanc DS, Zanetti G
Transpl Infect Dis. 2007 Mar;9(1):58-9
Double-locus sequence typing using clfB and spa, a fast and simple method for epidemiological typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Kuhn G, Francioli P, Blanc DS
J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jan;45(1):54-62
Molecular Epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Intensive Care Units - A Review.
Blanc DS, Francioli P, Zanetti G
Open Microbiol J. 2007;1:8-11
Evaluation of three chromogenic media (MRSA-ID, MRSA-Select and CHROMagar MRSA) and ORSAB for surveillance cultures of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Nahimana I, Francioli P, Blanc DS
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2006 Dec;12(12):1168-74
Exogenous sources of pseudomonas aeruginosa in intensive care unit patients: implementation of infection control measures and follow-up with molecular typing.
Petignat C, Francioli P, Nahimana I, Wenger A, Bille J, Schaller MD, Revelly JP, Zanetti G, Blanc DS
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Sep;27(9):953-7
Biodiversity of amoebae and amoeba-resisting bacteria in a hospital water network.
Thomas V, Herrera-Rimann K, Blanc DS, Greub G
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2006 Apr;72(4):2428-38
Evidence for clonal evolution among highly polymorphic genes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Kuhn G, Francioli P, Blanc DS
J Bacteriol. 2006 Jan;188(1):169-78
Outbreak of human listeriosis associated with tomme cheese in northwest Switzerland, 2005.
Bille J, Blanc DS, Schmid H, Boubaker K, Baumgartner A, Siegrist HH, Tritten ML, Lienhard R, Berner D, Anderau R, Treboux M, Ducommun JM, Malinverni R, Genné D, Erard PH, Waespi U
Euro Surveill. 2006;11(6):91-3
Use of an automated multiple-locus, variable-number tandem repeat-based method for rapid and high-throughput genotyping of Staphylococcus aureus isolates.
Francois P, Huyghe A, Charbonnier Y, Bento M, Herzig S, Topolski I, Fleury B, Lew D, Vaudaux P, Harbarth S, van Leeuwen W, van Belkum A, Blanc DS, Pittet D, Schrenzel J
J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Jul;43(7):3346-55
Water disinfection with ozone, copper and silver ions, and temperature increase to control Legionella: seven years of experience in a university teaching hospital.
Blanc DS, Carrara P, Zanetti G, Francioli P
J Hosp Infect. 2005 May;60(1):69-72
Population genetic analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa using multilocus sequence typing.
Vernez I, Hauser P, Bernasconi MV, Blanc DS
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2005 Jan 1;43(1):29-35
Faucets as a reservoir of endemic Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization/infections in intensive care units.
Blanc DS, Nahimana I, Petignat C, Wenger A, Bille J, Francioli P
Intensive Care Med. 2004 Oct;30(10):1964-8
The use of molecular typing for epidemiological surveillance and investigation of endemic nosocomial infections.
Blanc DS
Infect Genet Evol. 2004 Sep;4(3):193-7
Risk of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in western Switzerland following a tick bite.
Nahimana I, Gern L, Blanc DS, Praz G, Francioli P, Péter O
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2004 Aug;23(8):603-8
Characterization of cell-to-cell signaling-deficient Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains colonizing intubated patients.
Dénervaud V, TuQuoc P, Blanc D, Favre-Bonté S, Krishnapillai V, Reimmann C, Haas D, van Delden C
J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Feb;42(2):554-62
Panton-valentine leukocidin and staphyloccoccal skin infections in schoolchildren.
Boubaker K, Diebold P, Blanc DS, Vandenesch F, Praz G, Dupuis G, Troillet N
Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Jan;10(1):121-4
Book Chapters
Blanc D.S., Kuhn G., Zanetti G. Critère et méthodes de différenciation des souches. In "Staphylococcus aureus" Collection "Monographies de Microbiologie", Y. Le Loir et M. Gautier éditeurs. Editions Tec&Doc, Lavoisier. 2010.
Basset P., Feil E.J., Zanetti G., Blanc D.S. The evolution and dynamics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococus aureus. In Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases. Editor-in-chief: Michel Tibayrenc. Elselvier, 2011.
M. Abdelbary, Dominique S. Blanc, Edward J. Feil. The evolution and dynamics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococus aureus. In Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases. Editor-in-chief: Michel Tibayrenc. Elselvier, 2nd edition, 2017.
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CH-1011 Lausanne, Suisse
+41 21 314 4056