Routine Use of Microbial Whole Genome Sequencing in Diagnostic and Public Health Microbiology

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Whole genome sequencing (WGS) promises to be transformative for the practice of clinical microbiology, and the rapidly falling cost and turnaround time mean that this will become a viable technology in diagnostic and reference laboratories in the near future.The objective of this article is to consider at a very practical level where, in the context of a modern diagnostic microbiology laboratory, WGS might be...

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