Integrating multiple genomic technologies to investigate an outbreak of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacter hormaechei

oleh: Leah W. Roberts, Patrick N. A. Harris, Brian M. Forde, Nouri L. Ben Zakour, Elizabeth Catchpoole, Mitchell Stanton-Cook, Minh-Duy Phan, Hanna E. Sidjabat, Haakon Bergh, Claire Heney, Jayde A. Gawthorne, Jeffrey Lipman, Anthony Allworth, Kok-Gan Chan, Teik Min Chong, Wai-Fong Yin, Mark A. Schembri, David L. Paterson, Scott A. Beatson

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-01-01

Deskripsi

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are an urgent threat to human health. Here, Roberts et al. characterise and monitor an ongoing hospital outbreak of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacter hormaechei by integrating several technologies for whole-genome sequencing and shotgun metagenomics.