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Drancourt M., Michel-Lepage A., Boyer S., Raoult Didier. (2016). The point-of-care laboratory in clinical microbiology. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 29 (3), p. 429-447. ISSN 0893-8512.

Titre du document
The point-of-care laboratory in clinical microbiology
Année de publication
2016
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000375057900001
Auteurs
Drancourt M., Michel-Lepage A., Boyer S., Raoult Didier
Source
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2016, 29 (3), p. 429-447 ISSN 0893-8512
Point-of-care (POC) laboratories that deliver rapid diagnoses of infectious diseases were invented to balance the centralization of core laboratories. POC laboratories operate 24 h a day and 7 days a week to provide diagnoses within 2 h, largely based on immunochromatography and real-time PCR tests. In our experience, these tests are conveniently combined into syndrome-based kits that facilitate sampling, including self-sampling and test operations, as POC laboratories can be operated by trained operators who are not necessarily biologists. POC laboratories are a way of easily providing clinical microbiology testing for populations distant from laboratories in developing and developed countries and on ships. Modern Internet connections enable support from core laboratories. The cost-effectiveness of POC laboratories has been established for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis and sexually transmitted infections in both developed and developing countries.
Plan de classement
Santé : généralités [050] ; Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052]
Identifiant IRD
PAR00014569
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