Publications by authors named "K van der Zwaluw"
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- * Researchers analyzed 275 isolates from various countries using genomic techniques and found three main groups along with a proposed modified taxonomy for the genus.
- * The findings suggest significant genetic diversity among Morganella spp and highlight the importance of monitoring these pathogens' resistance mechanisms for better treatment options.
We present a case of laboratory-acquired Salmonella Typhi, resulting in hospitalization of a technician. Blood and stool cultures revealed a S. Typhi strain, identical to the strain with which the employee had recently worked, confirmed using core-genome multilocus sequence typing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the Netherlands, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was implemented as routine typing tool for Salmonella Enteritidis isolates in 2019. Multiple locus variable-number tandem repeat analyses (MLVA) was performed in parallel. The objective was to determine the concordance of MLVA and WGS as typing methods for S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Carbapenem resistance mediated by mobile genetic elements has emerged worldwide and has become a major public health threat. To gain insight into the molecular epidemiology of carbapenem resistance in The Netherlands, Dutch medical microbiology laboratories are requested to submit suspected carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment as part of a national surveillance system.
Methods: Meropenem MICs and species identification were confirmed by E-test and MALDI-TOF and carbapenemase production was assessed by the Carbapenem Inactivation Method.
Aim: Assess the best approach to type methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Staphylococcal protein A (spa) typing, multiple-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) or both.
Materials & Methods: Discriminatory power of spa typing and MLVA was determined using 20,771 MRSA isolates.
Results: There were twice as many MLVA types (MTs) as spa types present in the collection.