title: Is it time to replace the Petri dish with PCR? Application of culture-independent nucleic acid amplification in diagnostic bacteriology: expectations and reality.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia. vitalis@icpmr.wsahs.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sintchenko
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Iredell
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Gilbert
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005784:Gene Amplification; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial