Coherent fluctuation nephelometry in clinical microbiology

Anaerobes in Clinical Microbiology

During the past decade Ihe clinical spectrum of anaerobic in fection has been redefined, inilially largely by workers in the USA ' but later with con tribut ions from Britain,2·3 after many years of neglect. However, even as it was defined it changed. The infections lollowing large-bowel surgery which received most attention are now much less common because 01 the effectiveness 01 prophylactic ...

Tohcs in Clinical Microbiology

The clinical importance of coagulase-positive staphylococci is well-known. In fact, Staphylococcus aureus is so often considered a pathogen that few laboratories appreciate that up to 25% of these strains isolated from blood cultures are actually contaminants from skin flora.' Conversely, coagulase-negative staphylococci have so long been considered an environmental contaminant that the pathoge...

Automation in clinical microbiology.

Historically, the trend toward automation in clinical pathology laboratories has largely bypassed the clinical microbiology laboratory. In this article, we review the historical impediments to automation in the microbiology laboratory and offer insight into the reasons why we believe that we are on the cusp of a dramatic change that will sweep a wave of automation into clinical microbiology lab...

molecular diagnostics in clinical microbiology

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New technologies in clinical microbiology