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

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, we des...

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Autores principales: Topaz, Nadav, Boxrud, Dave, Retchless, Adam C., Nichols, Megan, Chang, How-Yi, Hu, Fang, Wang, Xin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6094466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30111301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3324-1