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Evaluation of the IR Biotyper for Candida parapsilosis typing in hospital surveillance
Patti C Liccardo1, Lorra Monpierre2, Isabel Valsecchi3
1Unité de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Département de Prévention, Diagnostic et Traitement des Infections, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.
Abstract:
The IR Biotyper (IR-BT) was evaluated for its performance in typing Candida parapsilosis strains, in comparison to a short tandem repeat analysis. Although the IR-BT offers advantages such as speed and ease of use for routine applications, it demonstrated lower discriminatory power and concordance with our short tandem repeat analysis. These results suggest that IR-BT needs further optimization for the characterization of C parapsilosis strains.
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