Demise of Polymerase Chain Reaction/Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry as an Infectious Diseases Diagnostic Tool
Özenci V;Patel R;Ullberg M;Strålin K;;
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2018Vol. 66pp. -
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v2018clinicaldemise
Abstract
Although there are several US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved/cleared molecular microbiology diagnostics for direct analysis of patient samples, all are single target or panel-based tests. There is no FDA-approved/cleared diagnostic for broad microbial detection. Polymerase chain reactio …