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Review
. 1998 Aug;19(8):560-4.
doi: 10.1086/647873.

Preventing antibiotic resistance using rapid DNA-based diagnostic tests

M G Bergeron  1 , M Ouellette
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Preventing antibiotic resistance using rapid DNA-based diagnostic tests

M G Bergeron et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1998 Aug.

Abstract

Improved diagnostic procedures should be an effective way to control infectious diseases and the spread of antibiotic resistance. To do so, diagnostics will need to be obtained within 1 hour of sampling and will require nucleic acid-based amplification tests directly on the clinical specimen.

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