title: Recent advances in the rapid diagnosis of respiratory tract infection.
abstract: Molecular techniques have enabled major advances in the speed and sensitivity of the laboratory diagnosis of respiratory infections. Although the polymerase chain reaction is the most commonly used, there are several other methods available, which have applicability across the range of microbial pathogens.
authors: GlaxoSmithKline, Harlow and Leicester University, Leicester, UK.
authors: Steven
authors: S
authors: Myint
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004279:DNA, Viral