title: Molecular diagnosis of skin-associated infectious agents.
abstract: Molecular pathology is a relatively new division of laboratory medicine that detects, characterizes, and/or quantifies nucleic acids to assist in the diagnosis of human disease. Molecular assays augment classic areas of laboratory medicine by providing additional diagnostic data more quickly or by providing results that are not obtainable using standard methods. For these reasons, molecular pathology is the most rapidly growing area in laboratory medicine.
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas Medical Branch, Route 1070, UTMB Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vander Straten
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carrasco
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Tyring
mesh_terms: D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D015341:Nucleic Acid Probes; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D021161:Self-Sustained Sequence Replication / Q000379:methods; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D015341:Nucleic Acid Probes