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Comparison of core-genome MLST, coreSNP and PFGE methods for Klebsiella pneumoniae cluster analysis.
Microbial genomics - 1 Apr 2020
Gona Floriana, Comandatore Francesco, Battaglia Simone, Piazza Aurora, Trovato Alberto, Lorenzin Giovanni, Cichero Paola, Biancardi Anna, Nizzero Paola, Moro Matteo, Cirillo Daniela Maria
Abstract excerpt
In this work we compared the most frequently used Klebsiella pneumoniae typing methods: PFGE, cgMLST and coreSNP. We evaluated the discriminatory power of the three methods to confirm or exclude nosocomial transmission on K. pneumoniae strains isolated from January to December 2017, in the framework of the routine surveillance for multidrug-resistant organisms at the San Raffaele Hospital, in Milan. We compared...
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