Whole genome sequencing options for bacterial strain typing and epidemiologic analysis based on single nucleotide polymorphism versus gene-by-gene–based approaches

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 350-354

  Schurch A C ^a   Arredondo Alonso, S ^a   Willems, R J L ^a   Goering, R V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory genome; cgMLST; Core genome; Pan genome; Relatedness threshold; SNP; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; BACTERIAL INFECTION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 85041353485     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.12.016     Document Type: Review

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