Ensuring backwards compatibility: Traditional genotyping efforts in the era of whole genome sequencing

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 347.e1-347.e4

  Bletz, S ^a   Mellmann, A ^a   Rothganger J ^b   Harmsen, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Ridom GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Backwards compatibility; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Spa typing; Staphylococcus aureus; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; GENE MAPPING; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANGER SEQUENCING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84928579555     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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