All 2025 Publications of the LNS Department of Microbiology

Louise Roer 1, Nicolas Yin 2, Olivier Denis 2, Karuna Ew Vendrik 3, Romy D Zwittink 3, Daan W Notermans 3, Monique Perrin 4, Kirstin Khonyongwa 4, Anne Tristan 5, Benjamin Youenou 5, Franziska Layer-Nicolaou 6, Guido Werner 6, Hege Enger 7, Emily Charlotte Henry Eikrem 7, Jessica Darenberg 8, Barbro Mäkitalo 8, Magnus Paulsson 9, Jonas Björkman 10, Hong Fang 11, Erika Tång Hallbäck 12, Martin Sundqvist 13, Laura Lindholm 14, Kartyk Moganeradj 15, Silvia García-Cobos 16, Javier E Cañada-García 16, Barbara Juliane Holzknecht 17 18 1, Helle Brander Eriksen 18, Morten Hoppe 18, Mette Damkjær Bartels 19 17, Jose Alfredo Samaniego Castruita 19, Tinna Ravnholt Urth 1, Anders Rhod Larsen 20 1, Andreas Petersen 20 1, SPREAD OF THE FAR-MRSA CLONE, A FUSIDIC ACID- AND METICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ST121, EUROPE, 2014 TO 2024 Euro Surveill. 2025 Jul;30(28):2500452. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.28.2500452

David Shaw 1 , Raquel Abad Torreblanca 2 , Zahin Amin-Chowdhury 3 , Adriana Bautista 4 , Desiree Bennett 5 , Karen Broughton 6 , Carlo Casanova 7 , Eun Hwa Choi 8 , Heike Claus 9 , Mary Corcoran 10 , Simon Cottrell 11 , Robert Cunney 12 , Lize Cuypers 13 , Tine Dalby 14 , Heather Davies 15 , Linda de Gouveia 16 , Ala-Eddine Deghmane 17 , Stefanie Desmet 13 , Mirian Domenech 18 , Richard Drew 19 , Mignon du Plessis 16 , Carolina Duarte 4 , Kurt Fuursted 20 , Alyssa Golden 21 , Samanta Cristine Grassi Almeida 22 , Desiree Henares 23 , Birgitta Henriques-Normark 24 , Markus Hilty 7 , Steen Hoffmann 20 , Hilary Humphreys 25 , Susanne Jacobsson 26 , Christopher Johnson 11 , Keith A Jolley 27 , Aníbal Kawabata 28 , Jana Kozakova 29 , Karl G Kristinsson 30 , Pavla Krizova 31 , Alicja Kuch 32 , Shamez Ladhani 3 , Thiên-Trí Lâm 9 , María Eugenia León Ayala 28 , Laura Lindholm 33 , David Litt 34 , Martin C J Maiden 27 , Irene Martin 21 , Delphine Martiny 35 , Wesley Mattheus 36 , Noel D McCarthy 37 , Mary Meehan 5 , Susan Meiring 38 , Paula Mölling 26 , Eva Morfeldt 39 , Julie Morgan 40 , Robert Mulhall 5 , Carmen Muñoz-Almagro 41 , David Murdoch 42 , Martin Musilek 31 , Ludmila Novakova 43 , Shahin Oftadeh 44 , Amaresh Perez-Arguello 45 , Maria Dolores Pérez-Vázquez 46 , Monique Perrin 47 , Benoit Prevost 35 , Maria Roberts 11 , Assaf Rokney 48 , Merav Ron 48 , Olga Marina Sanabria 4 , Kevin J Scott 49 , Julio Sempere 18 , Lotta Siira 33 , Ana Paula Silva de Lemos 22 , Vitali Sintchenko 50 , Anna Skoczyńska 32 , Hans-Christian Slotved 20 , Andrew J Smith 51 , Muhamed-Kheir Taha 17 , Maija Toropainen 33 , Georgina Tzanakaki 52 , Anni Vainio 33 , Mark P G van der Linden 53 , Nina M van Sorge 54 , Emmanuelle Varon 55 , Julio Vazquez Moreno 2 , Sandra Vohrnova 56 , Anne von Gottberg 16 , Jose Yuste 18 , Angela B Brueggemann 57, The importance of microbiology reference laboratories and adequate funding for infectious disease surveillance, Lancet Digit Health. 2025 Apr;7(4):e275-e281. doi: 10.1016/S2589-7500(24)00241-3. Epub 2024 Dec 20.

Benjamin Davido,a,b,c,∗ Sofia Ny, d Corine van Lingen, e Christine Årdal, f Laura Alonso Irujo, g Sofia Linnros, d Lucie Collineau, h Nerea Gonzalez, Hernandez,i Marta Gutierrez Rubio,g Giel van de Laar,e Lida Politi,j Brian Kristensen,k Ana Álvarez-Fernández,l,m Yohann Lacotte,n Agathe Claude,c and Marie-Cécile Ploy, n on behalf of the JAMRAI2 Executive Board Members, Strengthening antimicrobial resistance governance in Europe: a coordinated one health approach. The Lancet Regional Health – Europe Health – Europe 2026;61: 101540; November 2025 https://doi.org/10. 1016/j.lanepe.2025.101540

Savin C, Fredriksen N, Calba C, Puzin L, Felten A, Larréché S, Roche A, Denis M, Le Guern AS, Chereau F; Y. enterocolitica Outbreak Investigation Group; Cross-border outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitica bioserotype 2/O:9 infections associated with consumption of French unpasteurised soft goat’s milk cheese. 2024. Euro Surveill. 2025 Jul;30(26):2500002. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.26.2500002. PMID: 40613128; PMCID: PMC12231375.

Crombé F, Dierinck T, Rosas A, Pellegrino A, Delbrassinne L, Ragimbeau C, Mossong J, Hammami N, Van Cleemputte C, Rouelle A, Delloye F, Vanmechelen B, Piérard D, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26:H11 associated with a cluster of haemolytic uraemic syndrome cases following the mid-July 2021 floods in Belgium. J Infect Public Health. 2025 Nov;18(11):102916. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2025.102916. Epub 2025 Jul 31. PMID: 40768967.

Brait V, Böff L, Zmarlak-Feher NM, Jourdan-Da Silva N, Mazzilli S, Pardos de la Gandara M, Moura A, Mossong J, Ernst C, Ragimbeau C, Pijnacker R, Lanzl M, Brandal LT, Lange H, Stephan R, Biggel M, Raess M, Daniel O, Spačková M, Clarke C, Cormican M, Colgan A, Garvey P, Mckeown P, Dryselius R, Karamehmedovic N, Grilc E, Trkov M, Pirš M, Brown D, Browning L, Hoban A, Godbole G, Painset A, Chattaway MA, Vainio A, Rimhanen-Finne R, Fischer J, Lamparter MC, Mattheus W, Commans F, Grginić AG, Mlinarić I, Pem-Novosel I, Kurečić Filipović S, Ferencak I, Jurić D, Niskanen T, Jernberg C, Rizzi V, Sarno E, Kornschober C, Wolfsbauer A, Werber D, Simon S, Gymoese P, Ethelberg S, Müller L, Maritschnik S, Meinen A, Pietsch M. Insights into recurring multi-country outbreaks of Salmonella Strathcona associated with tomatoes, Europe, 2011 to 2024. Euro Surveill. 2025 Oct;30(41):2500224. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.41.2500224. PMID: 41104496; PMCID: PMC12534777.

Laisnez V, Vusirikala A, Nielsen CS, Cantaert V, Delbrassinne L, Mattheus W, Verhaegen B, Delamare H, Jourdan-Da Silva N, Lachmann R, Simon S, Cormican M, Garvey P, McKeown P, Stephan R, Brown D, Browning L, Hoban A, Larkin L; S. Typhimurium Outbreak Investigation Group; Pardos de la Gandara M, Jernberg C, Takkinen J, Balasegaram S, Van Cauteren D. Key role of whole genome sequencing in resolving an international outbreak of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium linked to chocolate products. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 20;25(1):242. doi: 10.1186/s12879-025-10629-8. PMID: 39979856; PMCID: PMC11844163.

Yolanda Pires Afonso, Dritan Bejko, Corinna Ernst, Conny Huberty, Anke Wienecke-Baldacchino, Sibel Berger, Malte Herold, Cécile Walczak, Leslie Ogorzaly, Anne Vergison & Joël Mossong. Nightlife and low immunity drove transmission of SARS-CoV-2 gamma in Luxembourg, 2021. Sci Rep 15, 10293 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-94323-4