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ReviewClinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases2020

Digital microbiology.

A Egli, J Schrenzel, G Greub

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Review in Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Sciences: A Scoping Review.British journal of biomedical science · 2025
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  10. ChatGPT, GPT-4, and Other Large Language Models: The Next Revolution for Clinical Microbiology?Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2023
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  17. Future developments in training.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

A EgliClinical Bacteriology and Mycology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Applied Microbiology Research, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: adrian.egli@usb.ch.
J SchrenzelLaboratory of Bacteriology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
G GreubInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDigitalization and artificial intelligence have an important impact on the way microbiology laboratories will work in the near future. Opportunities and challenges lie ahead to digitalize the microbiological workflows. Making efficient use of big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence in clinical microbiology requires a profound understanding of data handling aspects.

objectiveThis review article summarizes the most important concepts of digital microbiology. The article gives microbiologists, clinicians and data scientists a viewpoint and practical examples along the diagnostic process. SOURCES: We used peer-reviewed literature identified by a PubMed search for digitalization, machine learning, artificial intelligence and microbiology. CONTENT: We describe the opportunities and challenges of digitalization in microbiological diagnostic processes with various examples. We also provide in this context key aspects of data structure and interoperability, as well as legal aspects. Finally, we outline the way for applications in a modern microbiology laboratory. IMPLICATIONS: We predict that digitalization and the usage of machine learning will have a profound impact on the daily routine of laboratory staff. Along the analytical process, the most important steps should be identified, where digital technologies can be applied and provide a benefit. The education of all staff involved should be adapted to prepare for the advances in digital microbiology.

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Artificial IntelligenceAutomation, LaboratoryBig DataData AnalysisDiagnostic Tests, RoutineHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedAnalyticsArtificial intelligenceDiagnosticsDigitalizationImage analysisInteroperabilityMicrobiologyPost-analyticsPre-analyticsQuality

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PMID32603804
PMCPMC7320868

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