Bacterial clonal diagnostics as a tool for evidence-based empiric antibiotic selection

Veronika Tchesnokova; Hovhannes Avagyan; Elena Rechkina; Diana Chan; Mariya Muradova; Helen Ghirmai Haile; Matthew Radey; Scott Weissman; Kim Riddell; Delia Scholes; James R. Johnson; Evgeni V. Sokurenko

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174132

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Bacterial clonal diagnostics as a tool for evidence-based empiric antibiotic selection

Veronika Tchesnokova,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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Hovhannes Avagyan,

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Kaiser Permanente Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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Elena Rechkina,

Affiliations Kaiser Permanente Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, ID Genomics, Inc., Seattle, WA, United States of America
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Diana Chan,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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Mariya Muradova,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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Helen Ghirmai Haile,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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Matthew Radey,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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Scott Weissman,

Affiliation Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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Kim Riddell ,

* E-mail: riddell.k@ghc.org (KR); scholes.d@ghc.org (SD); evs@uw.edu (EVS)

Affiliation Kaiser Permanente Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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Delia Scholes ,

* E-mail: riddell.k@ghc.org (KR); scholes.d@ghc.org (SD); evs@uw.edu (EVS)

Affiliation Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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James R. Johnson,

Affiliation VA Medical Center and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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Evgeni V. Sokurenko

* E-mail: riddell.k@ghc.org (KR); scholes.d@ghc.org (SD); evs@uw.edu (EVS)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Kaiser Permanente Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2806-4121

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Bacterial clonal diagnostics as a tool for evidence-based empiric antibiotic selection

Veronika Tchesnokova,
Hovhannes Avagyan,
Elena Rechkina,
Diana Chan,
Mariya Muradova,
Helen Ghirmai Haile,
Matthew Radey,
Scott Weissman,
Kim Riddell,
Delia Scholes

Published: March 28, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174132

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