Accuracy of different bioinformatics methods in detecting antibiotic resistance and virulence factors from staphylococcus aureus whole-genome sequences

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2018, Pages

  Mason, Amy ^a,d   Foster, Dona ^a,d   Bradley, Phelim ^b   Golubchik, Tanya ^b   Doumith, Michel ^c   Gordon, N Claire ^e   Pichon, Bruno ^c   Iqbal, Zamin ^b   Staves, Peter ^c   Crook, Derrick ^a,c,d   Walker, A Sarah ^a,d   Kearns, Angela ^c,d   Peto, Tim ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Wellcome Trust/KEMRI Collaborative Programme   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bioinformatics; Staphylococcus aureus; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOINFORMATICS; BROTH DILUTION; CCRC GENE; DFR GENE; DISK DIFFUSION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QAC GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 85052543992     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01815-17     Document Type: Article

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