An epidemic CC1-MRSA-IV clone yields false-negative test results in molecular MRSA identification assays: a note of caution, Austria, Germany, Ireland, 2020

Affiliations

• ¹ Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Jena, Germany.
• ² Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Medical Faculty 'Carl Gustav Carus', Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
• ³ InfectoGnostics Research Campus Jena, Jena, Germany.
• ⁴ These authors contributed equally.
• ⁵ Diagnostic and Research Institute for Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
• ⁶ Microbiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
• ⁷ Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital 'Carl Gustav Carus', Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
• ⁸ Department of Hospital Infection Control, University Hospital 'Carl Gustav Carus', Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
• ⁹ Microbiology Unit, Department of Preventive and Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Grigore T Popa', Iaşi, Romania.
• ¹⁰ Department of Infection Control and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
• ¹¹ Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology and Hygiene, Barmherzige Brüder Hospital, Regensburg, Germany.
• ¹² Section of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria.
• ¹³ Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Vienna, Austria.
• ¹⁴ Friedrich- Schiller University; Institute of Physical Chemistry, Jena, Germany.