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Introduction of WGS in food microbiology: advantages and challenges
Keywords: antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Food Safety foodborne outbreak investigation Monitoring SciCom Whole genome sequencing (WGS) Abstract: In October 2021 the Scientific Committee of the Federal Agency ...
Shotgun metagenomics as a ONE Health tool for better protecting human health
composing genes such as virulence or antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes, without prior knowledge, nor the need to isolate. Such approaches could offer efficient and fast solutions to limitations faced by ...
Infection prevention and control in Belgian nursing homes: knowledge, attitudes and practices of general practitioners at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Healthcare-associated infection Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Zorginfectie Infection liée aux soins Résistance aux antimicrobiens (AMR) Antimicrobiële resistentie (AMR) Service: Infections liées aux soins et ...
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Clostridioides difficile infections in Belgian acute care hospitals in 2020.
Service: Infections liées aux soins et antibiorésistance Zorginfecties en antibioticaresistentie Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance Manuscript versions: File: Version: Pre-print ...
Characterization and hazard identification of substandard and falsified antimicrobials encountered in Belgium
essential life-saving medicines could cause treatment failures, antimicrobial resistance and drug side effects [1]. Therefore, validated and robust analytical tools enabling the identification and ...
Listeria surveillance in Belgium
the fluctuating annual incidence. Antibiotic resistance to antimicrobials remains a rare event among L. monocytogenes isolates, although a significant increase of MIC 50 and MIC 90 values for ...
Comparative dissolution study on substandard and falsified antibiotics encountered in Belgium
resistance and drug side effects [1]. In general, the evaluation of SF antimicrobials mainly focuses on the identification and quantification of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (API s), ignoring other ...
RNA-based drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: An Van den Bossche; Leen Rigouts; Jean-Yves Coppee; Vanessa Mathys; Pieter-Jan Ceyssens Source: Combating resistance ...
RNA-based drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tuberculosis Tuberculose Tuberculose Résistance aux antimicrobiens (AMR) Antimicrobiële resistentie (AMR) Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Antibiorésistance Service: Maladies bactériennes Bacteriële ziekten ...
MALDI-TOF for the identification of Mycobacteria and their drug resistance profiles
Mycobacteria. 34 clinical M. tuberculosis isolates were investigated for their resistance profile to four different drugs (rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol and linezolid), yielding a 100% concordance to the ...