title: Are culture-based assays inadequate for microbial surveillance?
authors.affiliation: icamsr@buffnet.net
authors.forename: Barry E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: DiGregorio
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001681:Biological Assay / Q000379:methods*; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D046508:Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity