TY - JOUR AU - Pfaller, Michael A. T1 - Molecular Approaches to Diagnosing and Managing Infectious Diseases: Practicality and Costs T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 312 SN - 1080-6059 AB - As molecular techniques for identifying and detecting microorganisms in the clinical microbiology laboratory have become routine, questions about the cost of these techniques and their contribution to patient care need to be addressed. Molecular diagnosis is most appropriate for infectious agents that are difficult to detect, identify, or test for susceptibility in a timely fashion with conventional methods. KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0702.700312 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/2/70-0312_article ER - End of Reference