243. Transflection Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy as a Real-Time Strain Typing Technique: A Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) Typing Prospective Study

BACKGROUND: Rapid bacterial strain typing for nosocomial outbreak surveillance is critical for timely outbreak detection and implementation of appropriate infection control protocols in hospitals. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) remains the gold standard for strain typing, but it has the dis...

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Published in:Open Forum Infect Dis
Main Authors: Tsutsumi, Tamao, Frenette, Charles, Doherty, Nancy, Sedman, Jacqueline, Ismail, Ashraf
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809637/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.318
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