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ArticleEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology2016

Raman spectroscopy-based identification of nosocomial outbreaks of the clonal bacterium Escherichia coli.

J G Kusters, W B van Leeuwen, K Maquelin, H E M Blok, H F M Willemse, L A M de Graaf-Miltenburg, A C Fluit, A Troelstra

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Article in European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: unlocking fundamentals and prospects for bacterial strain typing.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

J G KustersDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands. h.kusters@umcutrecht.nl.
W B van LeeuwenDepartment of Innovative Molecular Diagnostics, University of Applied Sciences Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands.
K MaquelinCenter for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Dermatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
H E M BlokCenter for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Dermatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
H F M WillemseDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
L A M de Graaf-MiltenburgCenter for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Dermatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
A C FluitCenter for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Dermatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
A TroelstraCenter for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Dermatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA-based techniques are frequently used to confirm the relatedness of putative outbreak isolates. These techniques often lack the discriminatory power when analyzing closely related microbes such as E. coli. Here the value of Raman spectroscopy as a typing tool for E. coli in a clinical setting was retrospectively evaluated.

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Disease OutbreaksBacterial Typing TechniquesCross InfectionEscherichia coliEscherichia coli InfectionsHumansRetrospective StudiesSpectrum Analysis, Raman

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PMID26563894
PMCPMC4710649

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