Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen that frequently causes health care-associated infections (HAIs). Due to its metabolic diversity and ability to form biofilms, this Gram-negative nonfermenting bacterium can persist in the health care environment, which can lead to prolonged HAI outbreaks. We describe the creation of a core genome multilocus sequence typing (cgMLST) scheme to provide a stable platform for the rapid comparison of P. aeruginosa isolates using whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data. We used a diverse set of 58 complete P. aeruginosa genomes to curate a set of 4,440 core genes found in each isolate, representing ~64% of the average genome size. We then expanded the alleles for each gene using 1,991 contig-level genome sequences. The scheme was used to analyze genomes from four historical HAI outbreaks to compare the phylogenies generated using cgMLST to those of other means (traditional MLST, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis [PFGE], and single-nucleotide variant [SNV] analysis). The cgMLST scheme provides sufficient resolution for analyzing individual outbreaks, as well as the stability for comparisons across a variety of isolates encountered in surveillance studies, making it a valuable tool for the rapid analysis of P. aeruginosa genomes.
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Stanton, R. A., McAllister, G., Daniels, J. B., Breaker, E., Vlachos, N., Gable, P., … Laufer Halpin, A. (2020). Development and application of a core genome multilocus sequence typing scheme for the health care-associated pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 58(9). https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00214-20
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