Current trends in the epidemiological typing of clinically relevant microbes in Europe.
A questionnaire-based survey was performed to accumulate data on methodologies used in microbiology laboratories involved in epidemiological typing. Genotyping by PFGE and MLST are currently clearly preferred over phenotyping. The overall wish is to increase the activities by over 20% and additional resources would be used to invest in real-time typing.
Maquelin
Kees
K
Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of General Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands. k.maquelin@erasmusmc.nl
Cookson
Barry
B
Tassios
Panayotis
P
van Belkum
Alex
A
D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000639:trends*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D015340:Epidemiologic Research Design; D005060:Europe; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires