Nearly 40 years have elapsed since the invention of the PCR, with its extremely sensitive
and specific ability to detect nucleic acids via in vitro enzyme-mediated amplification. In turn …

Outbreaks of multidrug-resistant bacteria present a frequent threat to vulnerable patient
populations in hospitals around the world. Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are particularly …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most important health threats globally. The
ability to accurately identify resistant bacterial isolates and the individual antimicrobial …

Antibiotic treatments have detrimental effects on the microbiome and lead to antibiotic
resistance. To develop a phage therapy against a diverse range of clinically relevant …

Objectives Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in clinically relevant bacteria is a growing threat
to public health globally. In these bacteria, antimicrobial resistance genes are often …

ABSTRACT Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) is the leading cause in
humans of urinary tract infection and bacteremia. The previously published web tool …

Multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) colonization is a fundamental challenge in
antimicrobial resistance. Limited studies have shown that fecal microbiota transplantation …

The PubMLST. org website hosts a collection of open-access, curated databases that
integrate population sequence data with provenance and phenotype information for over …

In the work presented here, we designed and developed two easy-to-use Web tools for in
silico detection and characterization of whole-genome sequence (WGS) and whole-plasmid …

Accurate and rapid ty** of pathogens is essential for effective surveillance and outbreak
detection. Conventional seroty** of Escherichia coli is a delicate, laborious, time …