Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time of Flight Mass-Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) Based Typing of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Producing E. coli – A Novel Tool for Real-Time Outbreak Investigation

• Adrian Egli ,

  * E-mail: a.egli@usb.ch

  Affiliations Division of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Infection Biology Lab, Department Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Sarah Tschudin-Sutter,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Michael Oberle,

  Affiliation Clinical Microbiology, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland

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• Daniel Goldenberger,

  Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Reno Frei,

  Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Andreas F. Widmer

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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