Exploiting bacterial whole-genome sequencing data for the evaluation of diagnostic assays: Campylobacter species identification as a case study.

The application of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to problems in clinical microbiology has had a major impact on the field. Clinical laboratories are now using WGS for pathogen identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and epidemiological typing. WGS data also represents a valuable resour...

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Main Authors: Jansen van Rensburg, M, Swift, C, Cody, A, Jenkins, C, Maiden, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016