Future-generation sequencing and clinical microbiology.
Sequencing technologies are changing the way both laboratory medicine and clinical practice impact patient care. This article focuses on the clinical microbiology laboratory and the potential benefits and limitations of coming generations of sequencing technology. Nucleic acid sequencing technology is rapidly outpacing the infrastructure needed to accurately educate, analyze, and interpret complex massive data sets that are rapidly becoming integrated into clinical practice.
Department of Wound Infections, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Room 3A24, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.
Benjamin C
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Kirkup
Steven
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Mahlen
George
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Kallstrom
D030541:Databases, Genetic; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
Clinical microbiology; Genomics; Sequencing