title: Current trends in the epidemiological typing of clinically relevant microbes in Europe.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Kees
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maquelin
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cookson
authors.forename: Panayotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tassios
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Belkum
mesh_terms: 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