TY - JOUR AU - Eriksen, Helle Brander AU - Gumpert, Heidi AU - Faurholt, Cecilie Haase AU - Westh, Henrik T1 - Determination of Elizabethkingia Diversity by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and Whole-Genome Sequencing T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 2 SP - 320 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In a hospital-acquired infection with multidrug-resistant Elizabethkingia, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and 16S rRNA gene analysis identified the pathogen as Elizabethkingia miricola. Whole-genome sequencing, genus-level core genome analysis, and in silico DNA-DNA hybridization of 35 Elizabethkingia strains indicated that the species taxonomy should be further explored. KW - Elizabethkingia species KW - Elizabethkingia miricola KW - nosocomial infections KW - multidrug resistance KW - carbapenemase KW - β-lactamase KW - GOB-1 KW - 16S rRNA KW - septic arthritis KW - Etest KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - bacteria KW - MALDI-TOF KW - matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry KW - nomenclature KW - Denmark DO - 10.3201/eid2302.161321 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/2/16-1321_article ER - End of Reference