Rapid sequencing of MRSA direct from clinical plates in a routine microbiology laboratory | Zendy

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Rapid sequencing of MRSA direct from clinical plates in a routine microbiology laboratory

Author(s) -

Beth Blane,

Kathy E. Raven,

Danielle Leek,

Nicholas M. Brown,

Julian Parkhill,

Sharon J. Peacock

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkz170

Subject(s) - clinical microbiology , dna sequencing , outbreak , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcal infections , dna extraction , whole genome sequencing , isolation (microbiology) , biology , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , infection control , medicine , polymerase chain reaction , virology , staphylococcus aureus , genome , genetics , bacteria , dna , gene , pathology

Routine sequencing of MRSA could bring about significant improvements to outbreak detection and investigation. Sequencing is commonly performed using DNA extracted from a pure culture, but overcoming the delay associated with this step could reduce the time to infection control interventions.

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