@article {1790,
	title = {Next-generation sequencing of Coccidioides immitis isolated during cluster investigation.},
	volume = {17},
	year = {2011},
	note = {Status: MEDLINE; Publishing Model: Journal available in: Print Citation processed from: Internet; NLM Journal Code: cod, 9508155; Other ID: Source: NLM. PMC3204756; Grant Number: 1S10RR023390-01 (United States NCRR NIH HHS), 1S10RR25056-01 (United States NCRR NIH HHS)},
	month = {Feb},
	pages = {7},
	address = {United States},
	abstract = {Next-generation sequencing enables use of whole-genome sequence typing (WGST) as a viable and discriminatory tool for genotyping and molecular epidemiologic analysis. We used WGST to confirm the linkage of a cluster of Coccidioides immitis isolates from 3 patients who received organ transplants from a single donor who later had positive test results for coccidioidomycosis. Isolates from the 3 patients were nearly genetically identical (a total of 3 single-nucleotide polymorphisms identified among them), thereby demonstrating direct descent of the 3 isolates from an original isolate. We used WGST to demonstrate the genotypic relatedness of C. immitis isolates that were also epidemiologically linked. Thus, WGST offers unique benefits to public health for investigation of clusters considered to be linked to a single source.},
	keywords = {Cluster Analysis, Coccidioides / cl [Classification], Coccidioides / ge [Genetics], Coccidioides / ip [Isolation \& Purification], Coccidioidomycosis / di [Diagnosis], Coccidioidomycosis / ep [Epidemiology], Coccidioidomycosis / mi [Microbiology], DNA, Fungal / an [Analysis], DNA, Fungal / ge [Genetics], Genome, Fungal / ge [Genetics], Genotype, Humans, IM, Molecular Epidemiology, Mycological Typing Techniques / mt [Methods], Organ Transplantation / ae [Adverse Effects], Phylogeny, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Analysis, DNA / mt [Methods], Species Specificity},
	issn = {1080-6040},
	doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1702.100620},
	author = {Engelthaler,D. M. and Chiller,T. and Schupp,J. A. and Colvin,J. and Beckstrom-Sternberg,S. M. and Driebe,E. M. and Moses,T. and Tembe,W. and Sinari,S. and Beckstrom-Sternberg,J. S. and Christoforides,A. and Pearson,J. V. and Carpten,J. and Keim,P. and Peterson,A. and Terashita,D. and Balajee,S. A.}
}
