Potential impact of rapid diagnostic tests on improving antimicrobial use.

Tenover, Fred C

Potential impact of rapid diagnostic tests on improving antimicrobial use. [electronic resource] - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Dec 2010 - 70-80 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

1749-6632

10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05827.x doi


Anti-Infective Agents--therapeutic use
Bacteria--drug effects
Bacterial Infections--diagnosis
Diagnostic Tests, Routine--methods
Drug Resistance, Bacterial--drug effects
Humans
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques--methods
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity