… in 24-well tissue culture plates in Leibovitz L-15 growth medium with 10% … L-15, and 0.2
ml of Leibovitz L-15/2% FBS was added. Cells were infected with CHIKV in 0.2 ml of Leibovitz L-…

A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme was developed for Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Sequences of seven housekeeping genes were obtained for 67 K. pneumoniae strains, …

Outbreaks of hospital infections caused by multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
strains are of increasing concern worldwide. Although it has been reported that particular …

… and were weakly distinguished, although L-sorbose utilization was found only in CC65. …
The crossing-over model L was used for the analysis of biallelic sites, with frequency of the …

Background Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) strains represent a huge
public health burden. Knowledge of their clonal diversity and of the association of clones with …

Laboratory surveillance systems for salmonellosis should ideally be based on the rapid
serotyping and subtyping of isolates. However, current typing methods are limited in both speed …

Escherichia coli is a versatile species encompassing both commensals of the digestive tracts
of many vertebrates, including humans, and pathogenic strains causing various intra- and …

… Carbapenem MICs of ≥8 mg/L were found in 23 A. baumannii isolates, of which 20 … of 2 to
>16 mg/L, while those without these elements showed MICs of ≤0.5–4 mg/L. Clone II isolates …

Background Since 2005, cases of chikungunya (CHIK) were caused by an unusual vector,
Aedes albopictus. This mosquito, present in Europe since 1979, has gained importance since …

… These isolates were selected from our previous global MLST study of L. monocytogenes (24)
to represent geographically and temporally diverse isolates. They originated from the …