Rapid identification of pathogens from positive blood culture bottles with the MinION nanopore sequencer | Zendy

Sae Ashikawa | Zendy; Norihito Tarumoto | Zendy; Kazuo Imai | Zendy; Jun Sakai | Zendy; Masahiro Kodana | Zendy; Toru Kawamura | Zendy; Kenji Ikebuchi | Zendy; Takashi Murakami | Zendy; Kotaro Mitsutake | Zendy; Shigefumi Maesaki | Zendy; Takuya Maeda | Zendy

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Rapid identification of pathogens from positive blood culture bottles with the MinION nanopore sequencer

Author(s) -

Sae Ashikawa,

Norihito Tarumoto,

Kazuo Imai,

Jun Sakai,

Masahiro Kodana,

Toru Kawamura,

Kenji Ikebuchi,

Takashi Murakami,

Kotaro Mitsutake,

Shigefumi Maesaki,

Takuya Maeda

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91

H-Index - 117

eISSN - 1473-5644

pISSN - 0022-2615

DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000855

Subject(s) - minion , nanopore sequencing , microbiology and biotechnology , identification (biology) , blood culture , nanopore , biology , virology , computational biology , genetics , gene , genome , antibiotics , botany , materials science , nanotechnology

Bloodstream infections are major causes of morbidity and mortality that lead to prolonged hospital stays and higher medical costs. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the MinION nanopore sequencer for the identification of the most dominant pathogens in positive blood culture bottles.

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