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Genome Sequences of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus spa Type t899 Strains Belonging to Three Different Sequence Types (ST398, ST9, and ST4034).
report, we present the draft genome sequences of nine LA- MRSA strains. These strains were isolated from meat and a human nasal swab sample and belong to one unique type (t899), but to three different ...
RNA-based drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
format. In short, 200 µl of a positively flagged MGIT culture is spiked with a specific concentration of a drug, while a control sample is incubated in absence of the drug. Multiplex mRNA quantification is ...
Activity-Based Detection and Bioanalytical Confirmation of a Fatal Carfentanil Intoxication.
bag labeled “C.50” were found at the scene. These bags were similar to a sample obtained by the Belgian Early Warning System on Drugs from a German darknet shop and to those found in the context of ...
Haemolytic uremic syndrome surveillance in children less than 15 years in Belgium, 2009-2015.
pathogenic STEC strains. In this context, efforts are still needed to send samples and STEC strains from HUS cases to the National Reference Centre. Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring Surveillance ...
Comparison of SNP-based subtyping workflows for bacterial isolates using WGS data, applied to Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium and serotype 1,4,[5],12:i:.
including five isolates from a confirmed outbreak and three isolates obtained from the same patient at different time points. The analysis was carried out using the original (high-coverage) and a down-sampled ...
European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net Belgium)- Report 2017 (Data up to and including 2016)
Antimicrobial susceptibility tests (AST) in 8 pathogens isolated from blood or cerebrospinal fluid samples. For Streptococcus pneumonia isolates, national AST data for 2016 from 97 laboratories was provided by ...
Characteristics of the antibiotic regimen that affect antimicrobial resistance in urinary pathogens
of the sample, especially in women (significant interaction p = 0.0016) and up to nine preceding prescriptions it was lower for higher proportions of preceding parenteral prescriptions (significant ...
Additional weighting for education affects estimates from a National Health Interview Survey.
educational groups are underrepresented in the sample, estimates may be biased. This study investigated the impact of the use of post-stratification weights that adjust for the population distribution by ...
Multinomial additive hazard model to assess the disability burden using cross-sectional data.
standard to assess the causes of disability, they are costly and often with restricted sample size. Thus, the use of cross-sectional data under certain assumptions has become a popular alternative. Among the ...
Pertussis diagnosis in Belgium: results of the National Reference Centre for Bordetella anno 2015.
Young adult Abstract: In 2015, the Belgian National Reference Centre for Bordetella analyzed 4110 respiratory samples by qPCR and 4877 serum samples by serology. Whereas about 50% of respiratory samples ...