Surveillance of healthcare-onset clinical cultures using whole-genome sequencing reveals hidden nosocomial transmission

• Main Authors: Mohamad Sater (Author), Emma Briars (Author), Connor Parrish (Author), Ian Herriott (Author), Kathleen Quan (Author), Keith Madey (Author), Julie Shimabukuro (Author), Linda Dickey (Author), Shruti Gohil (Author), Alfred Wong (Author), Talia Hollowell (Author), Allison Brookhart (Author), Alison Gassett (Author), Miriam Huntley (Author), Susan Huang (Author), Cassiana E. Bittencourt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Traditional hospital outbreak-detection methods are typically limited to select multidrug-resistant pathogens in a single unit, which can miss transmission of many medically important healthcare-transmissible pathogens. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) enables comprehensive genomic resoluti...