Limitations of genomic surveillance: a Clostridioides difficile case study in the Netherlands

Joffrey van Prehn; Simone Abma-Blatter; Sylvia Debast; Margriet E.M. Kraakman; Rob Mariman; Karuna E.W. Vendrik; Wiep Klaas Smits; Ed J. Kuijper; John W.A. Rossen; Stefan A. Boers; E. K.L. Berssenbrugge; Stefan A. Boers; C. Harmanus; Margriet E.M. Kraakman; Ed J. Kuijper; Joffrey van Prehn; I. M.J.G. Sanders; Wiep Klaas Smits; E. Wessels; S. de Greeff; D. W. Notermans; Karuna E.W. Vendrik; Sylvia Debast; K. I. Wold; W. van den Bijllaardt; H. A. Van Dessel

doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2025.10.028

Limitations of genomic surveillance: a Clostridioides difficile case study in the Netherlands

Joffrey van Prehn^*
, Simone Abma-Blatter
, Sylvia Debast
, Margriet E.M. Kraakman
, Rob Mariman
, Karuna E.W. Vendrik
, Wiep Klaas Smits
, Ed J. Kuijper
, John W.A. Rossen
, Stefan A. Boers
, E. K.L. Berssenbrugge
, Stefan A. Boers
, C. Harmanus
, Margriet E.M. Kraakman
, Ed J. Kuijper
, Joffrey van Prehn^*
, I. M.J.G. Sanders
, Wiep Klaas Smits
, E. Wessels
, S. de Greeff

D. W. Notermans, Karuna E.W. Vendrik, Sylvia Debast, K. I. Wold, W. van den Bijllaardt, H. A. Van Dessel

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	339-341
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Volume	32
Issue number	2
Early online date	1 Jan 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2025.10.028
Publication status	Published - Feb 2026

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van Prehn, J., Abma-Blatter, S., Debast, S., Kraakman, M. E. M., Mariman, R., Vendrik, K. E. W., Smits, W. K., Kuijper, E. J., Rossen, J. W. A., Boers, S. A., Berssenbrugge, E. K. L., Boers, S. A., Harmanus, C., Kraakman, M. E. M., Kuijper, E. J., van Prehn, J., Sanders, I. M. J. G., Smits, W. K., Wessels, E., ... Van Dessel, H. A. (2026). Limitations of genomic surveillance: a Clostridioides difficile case study in the Netherlands. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 32(2), 339-341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2025.10.028

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