Whole-Genome Sequencing Data for Serotyping Escherichia coli—Its Time for a Change!

摘要

The accessibility of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) presents the opportunity for national reference laboratories to provide a state-of-the-art public health surveillance service. The replacement of traditional serology-based typing of Escherichia coli by WGS is supported by user-friendly, freely available data analysis Web tools. An of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology (K. G. Joensen, A. M. M. Tetzschner, A. Iguchi, F. M. Aarestrup, and F. Scheutz, J Clin Microbiol, 53:2410–2426, 2015, ) describes SerotypeFinder, an essential guide to serotyping E. coli in the 21st century.