Automated and rapid methods in clinical microbiology: past, present and future.
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.
Tierno
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PM
Department of Microbiology, New York University Medical Center, New York.
Hanna
B A
BA
D001331:Automation; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends*