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Control of Artifactual Variation in Reported Intersample Relatedness during Clinical Use of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Sequencing Pipeline.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2018
Wyllie David H, Sanderson Nicholas, Myers Richard, Peto Tim, Robinson Esther, Crook Derrick W, Smith E Grace, Walker A Sarah
Abstract excerpt
Contact tracing requires reliable identification of closely related bacterial isolates. When we noticed the reporting of artifactual variation between Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates during routine next-generation sequencing of Mycobacterium spp., we investigated its basis in 2,018 consecutive M. tuberculosis isolates. In the routine process used, clinical samples were decontaminated and inoculated into broth...
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