Whole-genome sequencing for rapid susceptibility testing of M. tuberculosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 290-292

  Köser, Claudio U ^a   Bryant, Josephine M ^b   Becq, Jennifer ^c   Török, M Estée ^d   Ellington, Matthew J ^a   Marti Renom, Marc A ^e   Carmichael, Andrew J ^f   Parkhill, Julian ^b   Smith, Geoffrey P ^c   Peacock, Sharon J ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Illumina Cambridge Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Centre Nacional d'Analisi Genomica   (Spain)

^f CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; CAPREOMYCIN; CLOFAZIMINE; ETHAMBUTOL; GATIFLOXACIN; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PROTIONAMIDE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; RIFAPENTINE; STREPTOMYCIN; THIOACETAZONE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG RAPID TEST; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 84880432120     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1215305     Document Type: Letter

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