The spiral evolution of techniques for the laboratory diagnosis of microbial infections.

Abstract excerpt

The laboratory diagnosis of microbial infections has undergone a profound transformation over the past century, evolving from classical phenotypic methods to molecular genetic approaches and now toward ultra-sensitive molecular phenotyping. While this progression is often described as linear, a closer examination reveals a cyclical pattern: an initial reliance on observable biological function, followed by a...

Topics

• Humans
• Clinical Laboratory Techniques
• Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
• Communicable Diseases
• Phenotype
• Microbiological Techniques