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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2018

Accuracy of Different Bioinformatics Methods in Detecting Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence Factors from Staphylococcus aureus Whole-Genome Sequences.

Amy Mason, Dona Foster, Phelim Bradley, Tanya Golubchik, Michel Doumith, N Claire Gordon, Bruno Pichon, Zamin Iqbal, Peter Staves, Derrick Crook and 3 more

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Amy Mason *Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Dona Foster *Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom dona.foster@ndm.ox.ac.uk.
Phelim Bradley *Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Tanya Golubchik *Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Michel Doumith *Staphylococcus Reference Service, National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom.
N Claire GordonNuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-8266-3630
Bruno PichonStaphylococcus Reference Service, National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom.
Zamin IqbalWellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Peter StavesStaphylococcus Reference Service, National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom.
Derrick CrookNuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
A Sarah Walker *Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Angela Kearns *Staphylococcus Reference Service, National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom.
Tim Peto *Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Funding

Medical Research Council G0800778Medical Research Council MR/K023985/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In principle, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) can predict phenotypic resistance directly from a genotype, replacing laboratory-based tests. However, the contribution of different bioinformatics methods to genotype-phenotype discrepancies has not been systematically explored to date. We compared three WGS-based bioinformatics methods (Genefinder [read based], Mykrobe [de Bruijn graph based], and Typewriter [BLAST based]) for predicting the presence/absence of 83 different resistance determinants and virulence genes and overall antimicrobial susceptibility in 1,379

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsComputational BiologyDrug Resistance, BacterialGenome, BacterialGenotypeHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPhenotypeSensitivity and SpecificitySequence Analysis, DNASoftwareStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusVirulence FactorsAnti-Bacterial AgentsVirulence Factorsantibiotic resistancebioinformaticsStaphylococcus aureuswhole-genome sequencing

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PMID29925638
PMCPMC6113501

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