Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy for typing of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: performance analysis and outbreak investigation

TC Scheier, J Franz, M Boumasmoud… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci, mainly Enterococcus faecium (VREfm), are
causing nosocomial infections and outbreaks. Bacterial typing methods are used to assist in …

A multi-center validation study on the discrimination of Legionella pneumophila sg.1, Legionella pneumophila sg. 2-15 and Legionella non-pneumophila isolates …

A Tata, F Marzoli, M Cordovana, A Tiengo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This study developed and validated a method, based on the coupling of Fourier-transform
infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and machine learning, for the automated serotyping of …

The IR Biotyper As a Tool for Typing Organisms of Significance for Hospital Epidemiology-A subject review

E Al-Fraihat, KR Barker, M Tadros - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious …, 2024 - Elsevier
The IR Biotyper is a novel real-time typing tool, based on a Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR)
spectroscopy system. It has emerged as a promising method for the strain typing of various …

Surveillance diagnostic algorithm using real-time PCR assay and strain typing method development to assist with the control of C. auris amid COVID-19 pandemic

DA Contreras, MA Morgan - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Candida auris continues to be a global threat for infection and transmission in hospitals and
long-term care facilities. The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 has rerouted attention and …

Application of FT-IR spectroscopy for Mycobacterium abscessus complex subspecies differentiation

A Curtoni, M Cordovana, A Bondi, F Scaiola… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABSC) subspecies differentiation improves patients'
therapy and outcome. Fourier-Transform-Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IRS) was applied for …

Investigating the origin of Mycobacterium chimaera contamination in heater-cooler units: Integrated analysis with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and whole …

F Bisognin, F Messina, O Butera, C Nisii… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycobacterium chimaera is ubiquitously spread in the environment, including factory and
hospital water systems. Invasive cases of M. chimaera infection have been associated with …

Investigation of a linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis outbreak in a French hospital: phenotypic, genotypic, and clinical characterization

N Lépine, J Bras-Cachinho, E Couratin… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Purpose We aimed to retrospectively investigate an outbreak of linezolid-resistant
Staphylococcus epidermidis (LRSE), at Tours University Hospital between 2017 and 2021 …

Evaluating Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy with IR Biotyper as a faster and simpler method for investigating the sources of an outbreak of legionellosis

N Nakajima, M Jinnai, S Izumiyama… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy using the IR Biotyper and core genome
single nucleotide polymorphism (cgSNP) analysis were performed on 12 Legionella isolates …

A Comprehensive Methodology for Microbial Strain Typing Using Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

F Muchaamba, R Stephan - Methods and Protocols, 2024 - mdpi.com
A Comprehensive Methodology for Microbial Strain Typing Using Fourier-Transform Infrared
Spectroscopy Page 1 Methods Protoc. 2024, 7, 48. https://doi.org/10.3390/mps7030048 …

Detection limit of FT-IR-based bacterial typing based on optimized sample preparation and typing model

H Shen, J Xie, W Gao, L Wang, L Chen, H Qian… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate and efficient bacterial typing methods are crucial to microbiology. Fourier transform
infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy enables highly distinguishable fingerprint identification of …