BMScan: using whole genome similarity to rapidly and accurately identify bacterial meningitis causing species

BMScan: using whole genome similarity to rapidly and accurately identify bacterial meningitis causing species

Abstract Background Bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening infection that remains a public health concern. Bacterial meningitis is commonly caused by the following species: Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Listeria monocytogenes, Haemophilus influenzae and Escherichia coli. Here...

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Main Authors: Nadav Topaz, Dave Boxrud, Adam C. Retchless, Megan Nichols, How-Yi Chang, Fang Hu, Xin Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Bacterial meningitis
Comparative genomics
Species identification
Reference collection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3324-1

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