title: [The microbiological diagnosis in severe infections].
abstract: The microbiological diagnosis of infectious processes has been marked as any other laboratory test, two fundamental criteria: sensitivity and specificity of the results. But inserious infections in the hospital, once achieved the above criteria, it is claimed more and more third requirement: the speed at which the agent get the picture producer and antimicrobial susceptibility. In recent years there has been significant progress in this regard, which have always been behind the biochemical and hematological tests. Lately there ultrafast techniques such as mass spectrometry soft ionization, which can detect proteins of bacteria, fungi and yeasts, in a very short time. These techniques have some tangible gains in reducing hospitalization times, reduced health care costs per patient-oriented management and allow early and more effective antibiotics in areas such as ICU, pediatric ICU, Unit of Infectious and decreased waiting times in emergency patients.
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Piédrola Angulo
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index