Whole-genome sequencing to control antimicrobial resistance
•Owing to improvements in sequencing technologies, microbial whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has emerged as a central tool to control antibiotic resistance.•WGS has been used to develop novel antibiotics and diagnostic tests.•WGS has been key to surveillance and the study of the emergence of antibioti...
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pubmed-41563112014-09-06 Whole-genome sequencing to control antimicrobial resistance Köser, Claudio U. Ellington, Matthew J. Peacock, Sharon J. Review •Owing to improvements in sequencing technologies, microbial whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has emerged as a central tool to control antibiotic resistance.•WGS has been used to develop novel antibiotics and diagnostic tests.•WGS has been key to surveillance and the study of the emergence of antibiotic resistance.•Rapid WGS has the potential to be used as a tool for infection control in the clinic and, in some cases, as a primary diagnostic tool to detect resistance. Elsevier Trends Journals 2014-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4156311/ /pubmed/25096945 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2014.07.003 Text en © 2014 The Authors |
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•Owing to improvements in sequencing technologies, microbial whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has emerged as a central tool to control antibiotic resistance.•WGS has been used to develop novel antibiotics and diagnostic tests.•WGS has been key to surveillance and the study of the emergence of antibiotic resistance.•Rapid WGS has the potential to be used as a tool for infection control in the clinic and, in some cases, as a primary diagnostic tool to detect resistance. |
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