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Molecular detection of antibiotic resistance: when and where?
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2005
Woodford Neil, Sundsfjord Arnfinn
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Antibiotic resistance is a key issue affecting public health, and diagnostic bacteriology laboratories are essential for prompt recognition of resistant isolates. Determination of susceptibility or resistance using phenotypic tests is a 'gold standard' against which newer technologies are compared in terms of performance, cost and ease of use. Molecular methods for detecting resistance are myriad, and are used...
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