RT Book, Section
A1 Gomella, Leonard G.
A1 Haist, Steven A.
SR Print(0)
ID 2700790
T1 Chapter 7. Clinical Microbiology
T2 Clinician's Pocket Reference: The Scut Monkey, 11e
YR 2007
FD 2007
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-145428-5
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=2700790
RD 2024/04/19
AB Some  of  the  most  common  tests  performed  on  patients  are  the  procurement  of  tissue  or  body  fluids  for  direct  detection  of  pathogenic  organisms  to  prove  or  disprove  the  presence  of  infection.  The  results  of  these  tests  are  critical  in  guiding  the  selection  of  antibiotics  for  targeted  therapy.  The  following  clinical  microbiology  principles  must  be  considered.