title: Automated and rapid methods in clinical microbiology: past, present and future.
abstract: Instrument development in microbiology has focused on automating the traditional process of bacterial identification using growth-dependent technology. With the advent of genetic tools, advances in immunology, and engineering innovations microbiologists are moving away from the traditions of culture-dependent technology and are concentrating on the development of rapid, specific, nongrowth-dependent systems with a potential for automation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, New York University Medical Center, New York.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Tierno
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Hanna
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends*