Changing the paradigm for hospital outbreak detection by leading with genomic surveillance of nosocomial pathogens

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1213-1219

  Peacock, Sharon J ^a,b,c   Parkhill, Julian ^c   Brown, Nicholas M ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial sequencing; Nosocomial; Outbreak detection; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS AGENT; INTUITION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYLOGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85055046634     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000700     Document Type: Article

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