High-throughput sequencing, a versatileweapon to support genome-based diagnosis in infectious diseases: Applications to clinical bacteriology

Pathogens

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 258-279

  Caboche, Ségolène ^a   Audebert, Christophe ^a,b   Hot, David ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b Genes Diffusion   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Analysis pipeline; Bioinformatics; Genome based diagnosis; High throughput sequencing; P4 medicine; Pathogenomics; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INFECTION; INTER SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; METAGENOMICS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 85006122803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20760817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens3020258     Document Type: Article

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