Large-scale genomic characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia isolates from The Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust Sepsis Registry
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is increasingly being utilised in microbial diagnostics, surveillance, and research. In this study we assess the performance of one leading long-read sequencing technology, Oxford Nanopore Technology (ONT), on 836 Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia isolates from The Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust Sepsis Registry. We compare the results to that of a leading short-read sequencing technology, Illumina.