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Molecular diagnostics: the changing culture of medical microbiology

Volume 3, Issue 1   January/February 2012
Pages 1 - 7
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/bbug.3.1.19011
Keywords: automated, bacteriology, clinical, molecular diagnostics, omics
Authors: Susan Bullman, Brigid Lucey and Roy D. Sleator

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Abstract:

Diagnostic molecular biology is arguably the fastest growing area in current laboratory-based medicine. Growth of the so called ‘omics’ technologies has, over the last decade, led to a gradual migration away from the ‘one test, one pathogen’ paradigm, toward multiplex approaches to infectious disease diagnosis, which have led to significant improvements in clinical diagnostics and ultimately improved patient care.

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