Hawkey, Jane http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9661-5293
Wyres, Kelly L.
Judd, Louise M.
Harshegyi, Taylor
Blakeway, Luke
Wick, Ryan R.
Jenney, Adam W. J.
Holt, Kathryn E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health and Medical Research Council (1043822, 1043822, APP1176192)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1175797)
Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation
Article History
Received: 23 January 2022
Accepted: 5 August 2022
First Online: 23 August 2022
Declarations
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: The primary study was approved by the Alfred Health Human Research Ethics Committee (AHHREC), Project numbers #550/12 (19 February 2013) and #526/13 (10 December 2013). Analysis of clinical isolates 2017–2020 was approved by AHHREC, Project number #371/19 (2 July 2019). Verbal consent was required from patients in the ICU and geriatric ward studies for the first 9 months; for the final 3 months, the requirement for informed consent was waived by the Alfred Health Human Research Committee. Consent was not required for collection infection specimens. All research was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.