Figure 5: Bacterial genera and AMR genes detected by mNGS of skin swabs from babies in a neonatal intensive care unit.

(A) mNGS of swab samples demonstrated a diversity of genera in both samples from patients within an outbreak cluster of genetically related S. aureus, as well as in those from patients outside of the cluster. (B) mNGS analysis revealed a greater number and type of AMR gene families versus those identified by WGS of S. aureus isolated in culture from the swabs. Selected AMR gene families of high public health concern are highlighted in red with the specific genes detected in parenthesis.