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Nanotechnology for the Histologic Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: A Dermatopathologists Perspective

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Nanotechnology holds tremendous promise for the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. This chapter will focus on diagnostic advances that utilize nanotechnology. Immunohistochemical and polymerase chain reaction assays have become mainstream diagnostic techniques because of their sensitivity, rapid turn-around time, and low cost. They are now routinely being used to diagnose infectious diseases as well as to provide important clinical information on drug resistance and toxin production.

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Elston, D.M. (2013). Nanotechnology for the Histologic Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: A Dermatopathologists Perspective. In: Nasir, A., Friedman, A., Wang, S. (eds) Nanotechnology in Dermatology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5034-4_19

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