A Microcalorimetry Assay for Rapid Detection of Voriconazole Resistance

3 Ulrika Furustrand Tafin,* Jacques F. Meis, Andrej Trampuz 4 5 1 Unit of Septic Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland 6 2 Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The 7 Netherlands 8 3 Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius-Wilhelmina 9 Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 10 4 Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Free and Humboldt University, Charité University 11 Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany 12 13

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