Violeta Artal Muñoz

Rapid FTIR-based serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae using the IR Biotyper: a comparative study against WGS and PCR-hybridization for clinical algorithm integration

ABSTRACT Serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae is essential for epidemiological surveillance and vaccine formulation. While the Quellung reaction remains the gold standard, it is limited by its technical demands and cost. Genomic approaches such as whole-genome sequencing (WGS)...