Preventing antibiotic resistance using rapid DNA-based diagnostic tests.
Improved diagnostic procedures should be an effective way to control infectious diseases and the spread of antibiotic resistance. To do so, diagnostics will need to be obtained within 1 hour of sampling and will require nucleic acid-based amplification tests directly on the clinical specimen.
Bergeron
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Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie du Centre de Recherche du CHUL et Département de Microbiologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada. Michel.G.Bergeron@crchul.ulaval.ca
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D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics; D014943:Global Health; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States
D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial