The information presented in this document is intended for use with molecular diagnostic testing procedures published in CLSI
guideline MM3 and CLSI/NCCLS guideline MM9. The guidelines contain information about the development, evaluation, and
application of nucleic acid-based testing for infectious diseases and chemistries for diagnostic laboratories.
Laboratories often receive clinical isolates for bacterial and fungal identification that have ambiguous biochemical profiles by
conventional testing.
The identification of microorganisms historically has relied on phenotypic methods. Because of the growing
microbial diversity with emergence of common pathogens having rare or unique phenotypic characteristics and new pathogenic
microorganisms with poorly defined phenotypes, conventional methods often cannot fully characterize bacterial or fungal
isolates, and laboratories are now relying on broad-range DNA sequencing for microorganism identification. The information
here represents the most current information for microbial classification by DNA target sequencing, with particular emphasis on
interpretation and reporting results.
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| ISBN(s) : | 1562386646 |
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| Number of Pages : | 88 |
| Published : | 01/01/2008 |
