Successful Transition to Whole-Genome Sequencing and Bioinformatics to Identify Invasive Streptococcus spp. Drug Resistance, Alaska, USA

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Arctic Investigations Program evaluated whole-genome sequencing (WGS) workflows and bioinformatics pipelines developed by the Centers’ Streptococcus Laboratory. We compared WGS-based antimicrobial drug resistance predictions with phenotypic testing f...

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Published in:	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Karen M. Miernyk, Sopio Chochua, Ben Metcalf, Alisa Reasonover, Brenna Simons-Petrusa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2025-05-01
Subjects:	Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus agalactiae Streptococcus pyogenes invasive Streptococcus invasive pneumococcal disease whole-genome sequencing
Online Access:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/13/24-1828_article