Diagnostic tests for healthcare epidemiology.
Diagnostic tests are important tools for surveillance in healthcare epidemiology. Recent studies regarding the use of diagnostic tests for detecting the following epidemiologically important conditions or pathogens are reviewed: vancomycin-resistant enterococci, Legionella, influenza, ventilator-associated pneumonia, Clostridium difficile, bloodstream infection, and tuberculosis.
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University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0473, USA. bmf@virginia.edu
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance