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Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Using Rapid DNA-Based Diagnostic Tests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Michel G. Bergeron  and
Marc Ouellette
Michel G. Bergeron*
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie du Centre de Recherche du CHUL et Département de Microbiologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Marc Ouellette
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie du Centre de Recherche du CHUL et Département de Microbiologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
*
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval, 2705 boul Laurier, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada G1V 4G2; e-mail, Michel.G.Bergeron@crchul.ulaval.ca
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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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From the Fifth International Conference on the Prevention of Infection
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 19 , Issue 8 , August 1998 , pp. 560 - 564
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1998

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