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. 2014 Aug;52(8):3136. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01369-14

Rapid Whole-Genome Sequencing for Detection and Characterization of Microorganisms Directly from Clinical Samples

Henrik Hasman a, Dhany Saputra b, Thomas Sicheritz-Ponten b, Ole Lund b, Christina Aaby Svendsen a, Niels Frimodt-Møller c, Frank M Aarestrup a
PMCID: PMC4136190

AUTHOR CORRECTION

Volume 52, no. 1, p. 139–146, 2014. Page 141, Table 1: A row for sample number 16 was erroneously included, and thus the agreement between the results for single isolates and direct sequencing is not correct for any of the subsequently listed samples. The body of the table should read as follows:

Sample no. Culture result (CFU) Conventional identification WGS-based identification, strain Direct sequencing identification
Chainmapper identification (%)a
k-mer MG-RAST (%) Species Genus
1 Clostridium sp. Lactobacillus (42) L. iners (3.5) Lactobacillus (4.8)
3 ≥105 Enterococcus spp. E. faecalis, ST40 E. faecalis Enterococcus (50) E. faecalis (28) Enterococcus (28)
4 104 Gram-positive rods Clostridium Clostridium sp. Lactobacillus (78) L. iners (33), Lactobacillus sp. (11.6) Lactobacillus (45.8)
6 ≥105 E. coli E. coli, ST14 E. coli E. coli (52) E. coli (60), Escherichia sp. (10.8), Bifidobacterium breve (1.5) Escherichia (71.3), Bifidobacterium (1.7), Shigella (1.2)
7 Clostridium sp. G. vaginalis (15), Bifidobacterium (15) G. vaginalis (3.78) Gardnerella (3.78)
8 Clostridium sp. Lactobacillus (53) L. iners (6), Lactobacillus sp. (2.4) Lactobacillus (8.7)
10 ≥105 E. coli E. coli, ST409 E. coli E. coli (50) E. coli (44), Escherichia sp. (15), Citrobacter freundii (5.5), Citrobacter sp. (5.2), Shigella sp. (3.3) Escherichia (60), Citrobacter (12.2), Shigella (5.2)
12 ≥105 E. coli E. coli, ST95 E. coli E. coli (38) E. coli (23), Escherichia sp. (7), Bifidobacterium bifidum (1.6) Escherichia (30), Bifidobacterium (1.6)
13 Clostridium sp. Prevotella (22) Prevotella timonensis (2) Prevotella (4)
19 NCb Proteus sp. Proteus mirabilis Proteus mirabilis Proteus (13) Proteus mirabilis (2.9) Proteus mirabilis (3)
20 ≥105 E. coli E. coli, ST127 E. coli E. coli (63) E. coli (78), Escherichia sp. (13) Escherichia (91)
21 ≥105 E. coli E. coli, ST1193 E. coli E. coli (54) E. coli (43), Escherichia sp. (10) Escherichia (54)
24 NC Proteus sp. Proteus mirabilis Proteus mirabilis Proteus (18), E. coli (11) Proteus mirabilis (26), Aerococcus urinae (19.45), E. coli (7.5) Proteus (26), Aerococcus (19.47), Escherichia (8.8)
104 E. coli E. coli, ST998 E. coli
25 ≥105 E. coli E. coli, ST227 E. coli E. coli (57) E. coli (51), Escherichia sp. (20), Shigella sp. (3) Escherichia (73), Shigella (4.5)
E. coli E. coli, ST227
26 103 Enterococcus sp. E. faecalis, ST16 E. faecalis Enterococcus (48) E. faecalis (25) Enterococcus (26)
27 103 E. coli E. coli, ST597 E. coli E. coli (19) E. coli (4) Escherichia (5)
28 ≥105 Staphylococcus sp. S. lugdunensis S. lugdunensis Staphylococcus (83) S. lugdunensis (59) Staphylococcus (60)
29 104 Mixed culture NDc E. coli E. coli (26) E. coli (23) Escherichia (27.6)
31 ≥105 Enterococcus sp. E. faecalis, ST19 E. faecalis Enterococcus (48) E. faecalis (17.4) Enterococcus (17.5)
32 ≥105 Enterococcus sp. Clostridium Clostridium sp. Enterococcus (29) E. faecium (5.9) Enterococcus (6.2)
33 ≥105 Enterococcus sp. E. faecalis, ST41 E. faecalis Enterococcus (65) E. faecalis (44) Enterococcus (44)
34 ≥105 Enterococcus sp. E. faecalis, ST40 E. faecalis Enterococcus (40) E. faecalis (13), E. coli (1.2) Enterococcus (13), Escherichia (1.7)
35d ≥105 Mixed culture ND E. coli, E. faecalis Enterococcus (12), E. coli (9) E. faecalis (3), E. coli (2) Enterococcus (3), Escherichia (2.6)

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