Rapid discrimination of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST175 isolates involved in a nosocomial outbreak using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and FTIR Spectroscopy coupled with Machine Learning
Ana Candela1,2*, Manuel J. Arroyo3, María Sánchez-Cueto1,2, Mercedes Marín1,2,4,5, Emilia Cercenado1,2,4,5, Gema Méndez3, Patricia Muñoz1,2,4,5, Luis Mancera3, David Rodríguez-Temporal1,2*, Belén Rodríguez-Sánchez1,2
1Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
2Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
3Clover Bioanalytical Software, Av. del Conocimiento, 41 18016 Granada, Spain.
4CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES CB06/06/0058), Madrid, Spain.
5Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
These authors contributed equally to the study.