Investigation of a Carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak using whole genome sequencing versus a standard epidemiologic investigation

BACKGROUND: The standard epidemiologic investigation of outbreaks typically relies on spatiotemporal data and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), but whole genome sequencing (WGS) is becoming increasingly used. This investigation aimed to characterize a carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter bau...

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Autores principales: Bogaty, Chloe, Mataseje, Laura, Gray, Andrew, Lefebvre, Brigitte, Lévesque, Simon, Mulvey, Michael, Longtin, Yves
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6249735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30479753
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-018-0437-7

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