typing and outbreak characterization. We evaluated FTIR for the characterization of an
outbreak caused by Elizabethkingia miricola. During the 2020–2021 period, 26 isolates (23
clinical and 3 environmental) were collected and analyzed by FTIR (IR Biotyper) and core-
genome MLST (cgMLST), in addition to antimicrobial susceptibility testing. FTIR
spectroscopy and cgMLST showed that 22 of the isolates were related to the outbreak …