title: Diagnostic tests for healthcare epidemiology.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0473, USA. bmf@virginia.edu
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Farr
mesh_terms: 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