ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2013
Modern clinical microbiology: new challenges and solutions.
Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 124 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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124 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry compared to routine microbiological methods for the time taken to identify microbial organisms from positive blood cultures.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2015Pooled it
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- Microbiology laboratory consolidation: Optimizing diagnostic efficiency and service quality-A case study from Dubai Health, United Arab Emirates.IJID regions · 2025Article
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- High-throughput and Efficient Assay for Central Nervous System Infection with Targeted Nanopore Sequencing Technology.Infection and drug resistance · 2025Article
- Epidemiology and drug resistance analysis of bloodstream infections in an intensive care unit from a children's medical center in Eastern China for six consecutive years.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2024Article
- The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Microbial Diagnosis.Microorganisms · 2024Review
- Longitudinal analysis of 20 Years of external quality assurance schemes for PCR/NAAT-based bacterial genome detection in diagnostic testing.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2024Article
64 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
In the twenty-first century, the clinical microbiology laboratory plays a central part in optimizing the management of infectious diseases and surveying local and global epidemiology. This pivotal role is made possible by the adoption of rational sampling, point-of-care tests, extended automation and new technologies, including mass spectrometry for colony identification, real-time genomics for isolate characterization, and versatile and permissive culture systems. When balanced with cost, these developments can improve the workflow and output of clinical microbiology laboratories and, by identifying and characterizing microbial pathogens, provide significant input to scientific discovery.
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