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There has been an explosion of new technology for the rapid, specific identification of many microorganisms pathogenic for humans. These new methods have been especially welcomed in the mycobacteriology laboratory, plagued by long bacterial generation times that translated into specific identification periods measured in months. The race to develop these methods and to make them easy to perform and the secrecy surrounding new patent applications for some of the unique procedures employed have spawned such terms as “dipstick- or black box-technology” to describe these welcome additions to diagnostic microbiology.
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Woodley, C.L., Silcox, V.A., Floyd, M.M., Kubica, G.P. (1989). The Use of DNA Probes for Rapidly Identifying Cultures of Mycobacterium . In: Kleger, B., Jungkind, D., Hinks, E., Miller, L.A. (eds) Rapid Methods in Clinical Microbiology. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 263. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0601-6_4
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