ena-STUDY-IFH_MS-22-07-2019-21:07:58:393-1772
Quality assurance for genotyping and resistance testing of Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile isolates - experiences from the first inter-laboratory ring trial in German speaking countries
In this study, we performed an inter-laboratory ring trial in four European countries to evaluate the genotyping and antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) accuracy for six C. difficile Isolates representing the epidemiologic important ribotypes (RT), RT001, RT002, RT010, RT014, RT027, and RT078. As reference method for genotyping, we determined the whole genome sequences of the six strains.
In this study, we performed an inter-laboratory ring trial in four European countries to evaluate the genotyping and antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) accuracy for six C. difficile Isolates representing the epidemiologic important ribotypes (RT), RT001, RT002, RT010, RT014, RT027, and RT078. As reference method for genotyping, we determined the whole genome sequences of the six strains.