The challenges of designing a benchmark strategy for bioinformatics pipelines in the identification of antimicrobial resistance determinants using next generation sequencing technologies

• Main Authors: Angers-Loustau, Alexandre, Petrillo, Mauro, Bengtsson-Palme, Johan, Berendonk, Thomas, Blais, Burton, Chan, Kok Gan, Coque, Teresa M., Hammer, Paul, Heß, Stefanie, Kagkli, Dafni M., Krumbiegel, Carsten, Lanza, Val F., Madec, Jean-Yves, Naas, Thierry, O'Grady, Justin, Paracchini, Valentina, Rossen, John W.A., Ruppé, Etienne, Vamathevan, Jessica, Venturi, Vittorio, Van den Eede, Guy
• Format: Article
• Published: F1000 Research Ltd 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22472/; https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.14509.2
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies are expected to play a crucial role in the surveillance of infectious diseases, with their unprecedented capabilities for the characterisation of genetic information underlying the virulence and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) properties of microorganisms...