title: [The changes in infectious diseases and the future of microbiological examination].
abstract: Infectious diseases have changed markedly, especially in the background of patients and causative organism. The incidence of immunocompromised hosts has increased in hospitals due to the advances in medical treatment and less virulent organisms now caused infection. The causative organism is very difficult to determine by the conventional microbiological examinations such as culture method. Many new microbiological techniques have been introduced to obtain more accurate results more rapidly. These new methods are mainly immunological and genetical techniques. But these new techniques could not obtain extensive information than culture method, so it is necessary to choose most suitable method for the characteristic of the infectious disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chiba University Hospital.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanno
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*