title: [The importance of rapid identification of microorganism, and future prospects].
abstract: The importance of microbiological testing based on our experience are described, and future prospects are discussed. Laboratory technicians should be well aware of the necessity of emergency microbiological testing for acute infectious diseases requiring immediate treatment. And it is necessary to maintain contact with the clinical side and to establish test methods and a system understanding the advantages and disadvantages of the each methods. At present, various staining methods using streaked specimens are adopted for this purpose, but these done by well trained skilled technicians. Since these methods have their limitations, it will be desirable to develop another methods, including DNA analysis, which can be applied to many types of microorganisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Osaka Prefectural Hospital.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D008875:Middle Aged