Same-day diagnostic and surveillance data for tuberculosis via whole genome sequencing of direct respiratory samples

Votintseva, Antonina A.; Bradley, Phelim; Pankhurst, Louise; Elias, Carlos del Ojo; Loose, Matthew; Nilgiriwala, Kayzad; Chatterjee, Anirvan; Smith, E. Grace; Sanderson, Nicolas; Walker, Timothy M.; Morgan, Marcus R.; Wyllie, David H.; Walker, A. Sarah; Peto, Tim E.A.; Crook, Derrick W.; Iqbal, Zamin

doi:10.1128/JCM.02483-16

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Same-day diagnostic and surveillance data for tuberculosis via whole genome sequencing of direct respiratory samples (2017)
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Votintseva, A. A., Bradley, P., Pankhurst, L., Elias, C. D. O., Loose, M., Nilgiriwala, K., …Iqbal, Z. (2017). Same-day diagnostic and surveillance data for tuberculosis via whole genome sequencing of direct respiratory samples. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 55(5), https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02483-16

Routine full characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) is culture-based, taking many weeks. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) can generate antibiotic susceptibility profiles to inform treatment, augmented with strain information for global surv... Read More about Same-day diagnostic and surveillance data for tuberculosis via whole genome sequencing of direct respiratory samples.