@article{3004571,
    title = "Current Trends in the Epidemiological typing of clinically relevant microbes in Europe",
    author = "Maquelin, K. and Cookson, B. and Tassios, P. and van Belkum, A.",
    journal = "Journal of Microbiological Methods",
    year = "2007",
    volume = "69",
    number = "1",
    pages = "222-226",
    issn = "0167-7012",
    doi = "10.1016/j.mimet.2006.12.010",
    keywords = "article;  Europe;  genotype;  health survey;  human;  methodology;  microbiological parameters;  microorganism;  phenotype;  priority journal;  questionnaire, Bacterial Infections;  Bacterial Typing Techniques;  Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field;  Epidemiologic Research Design;  Europe;  Microbial Sensitivity Tests;  Questionnaires",
    abstract = "A questionnaire-based survey was performed to accumulate data on methodologies used in microbiology laboratories involved in epidemiological typing. Genotyping by PFGE and MLST are currently clearly preferred over phenotyping. The overall wish is to increase the activities by over 20% and additional resources would be used to invest in real-time typing. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved."
}