[HTML][HTML] Application of next generation sequencing in laboratory medicine

Y Zhong, F Xu, J Wu, J Schubert… - Annals of laboratory …, 2021 - synapse.koreamed.org
The rapid development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology, including
advances in sequencing chemistry, sequencing technologies, bioinformatics, and data …

Within-host evolution of bacterial pathogens

X Didelot, AS Walker, TE Peto, DW Crook… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Whole-genome sequencing has opened the way for investigating the dynamics and
genomic evolution of bacterial pathogens during the colonization and infection of humans …

Twenty years of bacterial genome sequencing

NJ Loman, MJ Pallen - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2015 - nature.com
Twenty years ago, the publication of the first bacterial genome sequence, from Haemophilus
influenzae, shook the world of bacteriology. In this Timeline, we review the first two decades …

Genomic infectious disease epidemiology in partially sampled and ongoing outbreaks

X Didelot, C Fraser, J Gardy… - Molecular biology and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Genomic data are increasingly being used to understand infectious disease epidemiology.
Isolates from a given outbreak are sequenced, and the patterns of shared variation are used …

Definition of a genetic relatedness cutoff to exclude recent transmission of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a genomic epidemiology analysis

F Coll, KE Raven, GM Knight, B Blane… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) can be used in genomic epidemiology
investigations to confirm or refute outbreaks of bacterial pathogens, and to support targeted …

The evolutionary genomics of host specificity in Staphylococcus aureus

M Matuszewska, GGR Murray, EM Harrison… - Trends in …, 2020 - cell.com
Staphylococcus aureus is an important human bacterial pathogen that has a cosmopolitan
host range, including livestock, companion and wild animal species. Genomic and …

Bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents and its impact on veterinary and human medicine

S Schwarz, A Loeffler, K Kadlec - Advances in Veterinary …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter focuses on acquired resistance mechanisms in bacterial pathogens of human
and animal origin, including examples of transfer of resistant pathogens between hosts and …

A year of infection in the intensive care unit: prospective whole genome sequencing of bacterial clinical isolates reveals cryptic transmissions and novel microbiota

DJ Roach, JN Burton, C Lee, B Stackhouse… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Bacterial whole genome sequencing holds promise as a disruptive technology in clinical
microbiology, but it has not yet been applied systematically or comprehensively within a …

From the pipeline to the bedside: advances and challenges in clinical metagenomics

A Dulanto Chiang, JP Dekker - The Journal of infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have revolutionized multiple areas in the
field of infectious diseases, from pathogen discovery to characterization of genes mediating …

Genomic insights into the emergence and spread of international clones of healthcare-, community-and livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus …

AM Bal, GW Coombs, MTG Holden, JA Lindsay… - Journal of Global …, 2016 - Elsevier
The evolution of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from meticillin-
susceptible S. aureus has been a result of the accumulation of genetic elements under …