Selected insights from application of whole-genome sequencing for outbreak investigations

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 432-439

  Le, Vien Thi Minh ^a   Diep, Binh An ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foodborne outbreaks; Infection control; Nosocomial infection; Outbreak investigation; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BIOINFORMATICS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MUCORMYCOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NATURAL DISASTER; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DISASTERS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOSES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84885022702     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3283636b8c     Document Type: Review

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