The increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria poses serious challenges to global health. Beside epidemiological investigations that take place, time, and patient information molecular typing adds a fourth dimension, i.e., the genotype, to confirm similarity or the absence of similarity among pathogens. However, the resolution of classical typing methods is limited. This changed dramatically with the introduction whole-genome sequencing (WGS). Currently, WGS not only provides highly discriminatory typing data but also enables a richer profiling of virulence traits and antibiotic resistance genes in pathogens. WGS is a universal method that does not require species-specific protocols.
Speaker: Dr. Claudia Stein from the University Hospital Jena
Please register briefly by e-mail: christin.weber@infectognostics.de
Date: 08.02.2019 // 9.00-10.30
Place: Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745 Jena