Novel genomic islands and a new vanD-subtype in the first sporadic VanD-type vancomycin resistant enterococci in Norway

• Mushtaq T. S. AL Rubaye,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Research Group for Host-Microbe Interactions, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø (UiT) – The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

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• Jessin Janice,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research Group for Host-Microbe Interactions, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø (UiT) – The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North-Norway, Tromsø, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9991-6315

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• Jørgen Vildershøj Bjørnholt,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Aleksandra Jakovljev,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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• Maria Elisabeth Hultström,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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• Arnfinn Sundsfjord,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research Group for Host-Microbe Interactions, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø (UiT) – The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North-Norway, Tromsø, Norway

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• Kristin Hegstad

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Kristin.Hegstad@uit.no

  Affiliations Research Group for Host-Microbe Interactions, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø (UiT) – The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North-Norway, Tromsø, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1314-0497

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