Outbreak investigation using high-throughput genome sequencing within a diagnostic microbiology laboratory

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1396-1401

  Sherry, Norelle L ^a   Porter, Jessica L ^b   Seemann, Torsten ^c   Watkins, Andrew ^d   Stinear, Timothy P ^b,c   Howden, Benjamin P ^a,b,c  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84876764053     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03332-12     Document Type: Article

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