Birgitta Lytsy

Transfer of an Escherichia coli ST131 multiresistance cassette has created a Klebsiella pneumoniae-specific plasmid associated with a major nosocomial outbreak

Linus Sandegren, Marius Linkevičius, Birgitta Lytsy et al. · Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy · 2011 · 155 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics +17

Surgical site infections in standard neurosurgery procedures– a study of incidence, impact and potential risk factors

Sami Abu Hamdeh, Birgitta Lytsy, Elisabeth Ronne-Engström · British Journal of Neurosurgery · 2013 · 122 citations

Medicine, Neurosurgery, Surgery +16

The first major extended‐spectrum β‐lactamase outbreak in Scandinavia was caused by clonal spread of a multiresistant <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> producing CTX‐M‐15

Birgitta Lytsy, Linus Sandegren, Eva Tano et al. · Apmis · 2008 · 103 citations

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

Time to review the gold standard for genotyping vancomycin-resistant enterococci in epidemiology: Comparing whole-genome sequencing with PFGE and MLST in three suspected outbreaks in Sweden during 2013–2015

Birgitta Lytsy, Lars Engstrand, Å Gustafsson et al. · Infection Genetics and Evolution · 2017 · 53 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

Legionellosis acquired through a dental unit: a case study

Caroline Schönning, Cecilia Jernberg, Daniela Emilia Klingenberg et al. · Journal of Hospital Infection · 2017 · 49 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +11