The application of long-read sequencing in clinical settings

JB Oehler, H Wright, Z Stark, AJ Mallett, U Schmitz - Human genomics, 2023 - Springer
Long-read DNA sequencing technologies have been rapidly evolving in recent years, and
their ability to assess large and complex regions of the genome makes them ideal for clinical …

Clinical Diagnostics of Bacterial Infections and Their Resistance to Antibiotics—Current State and Whole Genome Sequencing Implementation Perspectives

E Avershina, A Khezri, R Ahmad - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), defined as the ability of microorganisms to withstand
antimicrobial treatment, is responsible for millions of deaths annually. The rapid spread of …

SERS nanowire chip and machine learning-enabled classification of wild-type and antibiotic-resistant bacteria at species and strain levels

S Das, K Saxena, JC Tinguely, A Pal… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major health threat worldwide and the culture-based
bacterial detection methods are slow. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) can …

Nanopore-only assemblies for genomic surveillance of the global priority drug-resistant pathogen, Klebsiella pneumoniae

E Foster-Nyarko, H Cottingham, RR Wick… - Microbial …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) sequencing has rich potential for genomic
epidemiology and public health investigations of bacterial pathogens, particularly in low …

Highly sensitive quantitative phase microscopy and deep learning aided with whole genome sequencing for rapid detection of infection and antimicrobial resistance

A Ahmad, R Hettiarachchi, A Khezri… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Current state-of-the-art infection and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) diagnostics are based
on culture-based methods with a detection time of 48–96 h. Therefore, it is essential to …

Ultrafast and cost-effective pathogen identification and resistance gene detection in a clinical setting using nanopore flongle sequencing

E Avershina, SA Frye, J Ali, AM Taxt… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Rapid bacterial identification and antimicrobial resistance gene (ARG) detection are crucial
for fast optimization of antibiotic treatment, especially for septic patients where each hour of …

A culture-, amplification-independent, and rapid method for identification of pathogens and antibiotic resistance profile in bovine mastitis milk

A Ahmadi, A Khezri, H Nørstebø, R Ahmad - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Rapid and accurate diagnosis of causative pathogens in mastitis would
minimize the imprudent use of antibiotics and, therefore, reduce the spread of antimicrobial …

Co-Existence of blaNDM-1, blaOXA-23, blaOXA-64, blaPER-7 and blaADC-57 in a Clinical Isolate of Acinetobacter baumannii from Alexandria, Egypt

S Sánchez-Urtaza, A Ocampo-Sosa… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increasing rates of antimicrobial resistance among carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter
baumannii in the Middle East and North Africa are one of the major concerns for healthcare …

The impact of applying various de novo assembly and correction tools on the identification of genome characterization, drug resistance, and virulence factors of …

HA Safar, F Alatar, K Nasser, R Al-Ajmi, W Alfouzan… - BMC …, 2023 - Springer
Oxford Nanopore sequencing technology (ONT) is currently widely used due to its
affordability, simplicity, and reliability. Despite the advantage ONT has over next-generation …

Short turnaround time of seven to nine hours from sample collection until informed decision for sepsis treatment using nanopore sequencing

J Ali, W Johansen, R Ahmad - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Bloodstream infections (BSIs) and sepsis are major health problems, annually claiming
millions of lives. Traditional blood culture techniques, employed to identify sepsis-causing …