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Many of the old microbiology techniques continue to play an integral part in the laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases. However, in the past several years advances in technology enabled the clinical microbiology laboratory to respond rapidly to the needs of patients and clinicians for the identification of possible infections. Three topic areas are discussed in this chapter. The first outlines specimen collection guidelines, various culture protocols for the isolation of organisms, identification protocols, and the value of antimicrobial susceptibility testing. The second broad category covers methods for the immunological detection of nonviral infectious processes. The final section introduces the expanding area of molecular microbiology.
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Cleary, T.J. (2006). Nonserologic Assays for Detection of Bacteria and Other Nonviral Infections. In: Hutto, C. (eds) Congenital and Perinatal Infections. Infectious Disease. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-965-6:013
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