Comparison of whole-genome sequencing methods for analysis of three methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreaks

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1946-1953

  Cunningham, Scott A ^a   Chia, Nicholas ^a   Jeraldo, Patricio R ^a   Quest, Daniel J ^a   Johnson, Julie A ^a   Boxrud, Dave J ^b   Taylor, Angela J ^b   Chen, Jun ^a   Jenkins, Gregory D ^a   Drucker, Travis M ^a   Nelson, Heidi ^a   Patel, Robin ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular typing; MRSA; PFGE; Staphylococcus aureus; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOFTWARE; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 85019622504     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00029-17     Document Type: Article

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