Research area
- Studies on the epidemiology, phylogeny and virulence of resistant bacteria
- Development of molecular characterization methods and the application of molecular epidemiology in surveillance of resistant bacteria
- Main bacterial pathogens are vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE), linezolid resistant enterococci (LRE), ESBL-producing E. coli, colistin resistant bacteria and carbapenemase producing bacteria (CPO/CPE)
Prizes and honors
The Fritz Kauffmann award 2011
PubMed link
Anette M. Hammerum
Responsibilities
- Laboratory based surveillance of resistant bacteria
- Typing and susceptibility testing of resistant bacteria
- Participate in investigations of hospital related outbreaks with resistant bacteria
- Development of molecular methods for surveillance
Publications
- van Hal SJ, Willems RJL, Gouliouris T, Ballard SA, Coque TM, Hammerum AM, Hegstad K, Westh HT, Howden BP, Malhotra-Kumar S, Werner G, Yanagihara K, Earl AM, Raven KE, Corander J, Bowden R The global dissemination of hospital clones of Enterococcus faecium.; Enterococcal Group.Genome Med. 2021 Mar 30;13(1):52.
- Lötsch F, Albiger B, Monnet DL, Struelens MJ, Seifert H, Kohlenberg A; European Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Surveillance Network (EURGen-Net) carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii capacity survey group; Epidemiological situation, laboratory capacity and preparedness for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Europe, 2019. Euro Surveill. 2020 Nov;25(45):2001735.
- Hansen SK, Kaya H, Roer L, Hansen F, Skovgaard S, Justesen US, Hansen DS, Andersen LP, Knudsen JD, Røder BL, Østergaard C, Søndergaard T, Dzajic E, Wang M, Samulioniené J, Hasman H, Hammerum AM. Molecular characterization of Danish ESBL/AmpC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from bloodstream infections, 2018..J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2020 Sep;22:562-567. H.Euro Surveill. 2020 May;25(18):1900742
- Hammerum AM, Lauridsen CAS, Blem SL, Roer L, Hansen F, Henius AE, Holzknecht BJ, Søes L, Andersen LP, Røder BL, Justesen US, Østergaard C, Søndergaard T, Dzajic E, Wang M, Fulgsang-Damgaard D, Møller KL, Porsbo LJ, Hasman H. Investigation of possible clonal transmission of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae complex member isolates in Denmark using core genome MLST and National Patient Registry Data Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2020 May;55(5):105931
- Hammerum AM, Baig S, Kamel Y, Roer L, Pinholt M, Gumpert H, Holzknecht B, Røder B, Justesen US, Samulioniené J, Kjærsgaard M, Østergaard C, Holm A, Dzajic E, Søndergaard TS, Gaini S, Edquist P, Alm E, Lilje B, Westh H, Stegger M, Hasman H. Emergence of vanA Enterococcus faecium in Denmark, 2005-15. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2017 Aug 1;72(8):2184-2190.
