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Current applications and future trends of molecular diagnostics in clinical bacteriology.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19377839     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Molecular diagnostics of infectious diseases, in particular, nucleic-acid-based methods, are the fastest growing field in clinical laboratory diagnostics. These applications are stepwise replacing or complementing culture-based, biochemical, and immunological assays in microbiology laboratories. The first-generation nucleic acid assays were monoparametric such as conventional tests, determining only a single parameter. Improvements and new approaches in technology now open the possibility for the development of multiparameter assays using microarrays, multiplex nucleic acid amplification techniques, or mass spectrometry, while the introduction of closed-tube systems has resulted in rapid microbial diagnostics with a subsequently reduced contamination risk. Whereas the first assays were focused on the detection and identification of microbial pathogens, these new technologies paved the way for the parallel determination of multiple antibiotic resistance determinants or to perform microbial epidemiology and surveillance on a genetic level.
Authors:
Jan Weile; Cornelius Knabbe
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review     Date:  2009-04-18
Journal Detail:
Title:  Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry     Volume:  394     ISSN:  1618-2650     ISO Abbreviation:  Anal Bioanal Chem     Publication Date:  2009 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-05-05     Completed Date:  2009-06-11     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101134327     Medline TA:  Anal Bioanal Chem     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  731-42     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Auerbachstrasse 110, 70376, Stuttgart, Germany. jan.weile@ikp-stuttgart.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*,  microbiology*
Mass Spectrometry
Microfluidics
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods,  trends*
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
Point-of-Care Systems
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sequence Analysis, DNA

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