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Table 1 List of selected pathogens

From: Establishment and reinforcement of the national reference centers for human microbiology in Belgium

ID

Pathogen(s)

1

Antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter

2

Bordetella pertussis

3

Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)

4

Brucella spp.

5

Burkholderia cepacia complex

6

Campylobacter

7

Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens

8

Clostridium difficile

9

Congenital infections: Toxoplasma, rubella, cytomegalovirus and parvovirus B19

10

Corynebacterium diphteriae

11

Coxiella burnetii, Rickettsia, Anaplasma (Ehrlichia)

12

Enterococci

13

Enteroviruses including polioviruses and parechoviruses

14

ESBL + Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae

15

Haemophilus influenzae

16

Hantavirus

17

Helicobacter pylori

18

Hepatitis B, C, D and E viruses

19

Influenza virus

20

Legionella pneumophila

21

Listeria monocytogenes

22

Measles virus + rubella

23

Mycobacterium spp.

24

Mycosis

25

Neisseria meningitidis

26

Noroviruses

27

Rabies virus

28

Respiratory pathogens: adenovirus, coronavirus including SARS, human parainfluenza virus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia pneumoniae, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human metapneumovirus (HMPV)

29

Rotavirus

30

Salmonella/Shigella spp.

31

Shiga-toxins producing E. coli (STEC)

32

Staphylococcus aureus

33

STI: Treponema pallidum, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae

34

Streptococcus agalactiae

35

Streptococcus pneumoniae invasive

36

Streptococcus pyogenes invasive

37

Tick-borne encephalitis

38

Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus

39

West Nile virus (arboviruses)

40

Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

  1. Corresponding addresses of the NRCs are available through the website of the project (http://nrchm.wiv-isp.be).