Routine use of point-of-care tests: Usefulness and application in clinical microbiology

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1054-1061

  Clerc, O ^a   Greub, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlamydia rapid detection test; Group A B streptococci tests; Malaria rapid test; Point of care tests; Review; Urinary antigen tests

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MALARIA; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNGITIS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; PARASITES; PARASITOLOGY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUSES;

EID: 77955157007     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03281.x     Document Type: Review

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