Automated instrument approaches to clinical microbiology.
The introduction of instrumentation into clinical microbiology has resulted in increased standardization and to some extent more rapid processing of specimens and reporting of results. The application of available instrumentation to direct specimen processing may provide more rapid detection, identification, and susceptibility testing results on selected specimens. The feasibility of this approach to the processing of sterile body fluids, blood, urine, and respiratory specimens is discussed.
D001322:Autoanalysis; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012119:Respiration; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000382:microbiology*; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*