Performance and application of 16S rRNA gene cycle sequencing for routine identification of bacteria in the clinical microbiology laboratory

DL Church, L Cerutti, A Gürtler, T Griener… - Clinical microbiology …, 2020‏ - journals.asm.org
This review provides a state-of-the-art description of the performance of Sanger cycle
sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene for routine identification of bacteria in the clinical …

Methods for the detection and identification of pathogenic bacteria: past, present, and future

L Váradi, JL Luo, DE Hibbs, JD Perry… - Chemical Society …, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
In order to retard the rate of development of antibacterial resistance, the causative agent
must be identified as rapidly as possible, so that directed patient treatment and/or contact …

[ספר][B] Antimicrobial resistance and the United Nations sustainable development cooperation framework: Guidance for United Nations Country teams

World Health Organization - 2021‏ - books.google.com
Given the inter-relatedness of human and animal health, plant production, food safety and
the environment in both the evolution of the AMR problem and solutions to that problem …

Global Dissemination of Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: Epidemiology, Genetic Context, Treatment Options, and Detection Methods

CR Lee, JH Lee, KS Park, YB Kim, BC Jeong… - Frontiers in …, 2016‏ - frontiersin.org
The emergence of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative pathogens poses a serious threat
to public health worldwide. In particular, the increasing prevalence of carbapenem-resistant …

Whole-genome sequencing to control antimicrobial resistance

CU Köser, MJ Ellington, SJ Peacock - Trends in Genetics, 2014‏ - cell.com
Following recent improvements in sequencing technologies, whole-genome sequencing
(WGS) is positioned to become an essential tool in the control of antibiotic resistance, a …

Origin and proliferation of multiple-drug resistance in bacterial pathogens

HH Chang, T Cohen, YH Grad… - Microbiology and …, 2015‏ - journals.asm.org
Many studies report the high prevalence of multiply drug-resistant (MDR) strains. Because
MDR infections are often significantly harder and more expensive to treat, they represent a …

A nosocomial cluster of vancomycin resistant enterococci among COVID-19 patients in an intensive care unit

S Kampmeier, H Tönnies, CL Correa-Martinez… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2020‏ - Springer
Background Currently, hospitals have been forced to divert substantial resources to cope
with the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It is unclear if this …

Real-time genome sequencing of resistant bacteria provides precision infection control in an institutional setting

A Mellmann, S Bletz, T Böking, F Kipp… - Journal of clinical …, 2016‏ - journals.asm.org
The increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria is a serious global
challenge. Here, we studied prospectively whether bacterial whole-genome sequencing …

Host-specific evolutionary and transmission dynamics shape the functional diversification of Staphylococcus epidermidis in human skin

W Zhou, M Spoto, R Hardy, C Guan, E Fleming… - Cell, 2020‏ - cell.com
Metagenomic inferences of bacterial strain diversity and infectious disease transmission
studies largely assume a dominant, within-individual haplotype. We hypothesize that within …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the transmission of antimicrobial resistance at the human and livestock interface with genomics

BA Wee, DM Muloi, BAD van Bunnik - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Background Livestock have been implicated as a reservoir for antimicrobial resistance
(AMR) that can spread to humans. Close proximity and ecological interfaces involving …