Deep learning and single-cell phenotyping for rapid antimicrobial susceptibility detection in Escherichia coli

A Zagajewski, P Turner, C Feehily, H El Sayyed… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
The rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest public health challenges,
already causing up to 1.2 million deaths annually and rising. Current culture-based …

Impact of wet-lab protocols on quality of whole-genome short-read sequences from foodborne microbial pathogens

LF Forth, E Brinks, G Denay, A Fawzy… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
For successful elucidation of a food-borne infection chain, the availability of high-quality
sequencing data from suspected microbial contaminants is a prerequisite. Commonly, those …

Whole genome sequencing applied to pathogen source tracking in food industry: key considerations for robust bioinformatics data analysis and reliable results …

C Barretto, C Rincón, AC Portmann, C Ngom-Bru - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) has arisen as a powerful tool to perform pathogen
source tracking in the food industry thanks to several developments in recent years …

Bioinformatic investigation of discordant sequence data for SARS-CoV-2: insights for robust genomic analysis during pandemic surveillance

SE Zufan, KA Lau, A Donald, T Hoang… - Microbial …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated the rapid development and implementation of
whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and bioinformatic methods for managing the pandemic …

From Investigating a Case of Cellulitis to Exploring Nosocomial Infection Control of ST1 Legionella pneumophila Using Genomic Approaches

C Michel, F Echahidi, S Place, L Filippin, V Colombie… - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Legionella pneumophila can cause a large panel of symptoms besides the classic
pneumonia presentation. Here we present a case of fatal nosocomial cellulitis in an …

Ribosome Phenotypes Enable Rapid Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing in Escherichia coli

A Farrar, P Turner, HE Sayyed, C Feehily… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Rapid antibiotic susceptibility tests (ASTs) are an increasingly important part of clinical care
as antimicrobial resistance (AMR) becomes more common in bacterial infections. Here, we …

[PDF][PDF] Overview of quality control and safety in public health pest laboratory in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

SM Elkhalifa, NM Altilmisani, F Albishri… - International Journal of …, 2024 - ijagbio.com
Quality and safety control at the Public Health Pests Laboratory (PHPL) in Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia, has received great attention as part of the ongoing endeavors to protect workers and …

Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Citrobacter, and Selected Other Enterobacteriaceae

S Das, VM Pierce, KM Frank - ClinMicroNow, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The genera Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Citrobacter, and Cronobacter are commonly
encountered in clinical laboratories and cause a range of infections in humans, including …

[PDF][PDF] Near patient pathogen sequencing

CB de Villiers, L Blackburn, H Carr, J Janus, M Kroese… - 2022 - finddx.org
Pathogen genome sequencing is used in the management of infectious diseases,
supporting diagnosis, treatment decisions, outbreak management, surveillance and …