Publications by authors named "Nancy Carolina Corredor"
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- Real-time genomics using nanopore sequencing can quickly predict antibiotic resistance in clinical settings, which is crucial for timely treatment.
- Despite some accuracy concerns compared to traditional methods, this approach can accurately identify low-abundance resistance factors often missed by conventional diagnostics.
- The study highlights that real-time genomic analysis can greatly enhance clinical decision-making by revealing hidden resistance profiles, ultimately improving patient outcomes.
Background: Enterococcus faecium is ranked worldwide as one of the top ten pathogens identified in healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and is classified as one of the high priority pathogens for research and development of new antibiotics worldwide. Due to molecular biology techniques' higher costs, the approach for identifying and controlling infectious diseases in developing countries has been based on clinical and epidemiological perspectives. Nevertheless, after an abrupt vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium dissemination in the Méderi teaching hospital, ending up in an outbreak, further measures needed to be taken into consideration.
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