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  • Title: Update of the rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases. I: Bacteria, fungi and parasites.
    Author: Ling ML.
    Journal: Singapore Med J; 1994 Jun; 35(3):316-8. PubMed ID: 7997914.
    Abstract:
    The application of monoclonal antibodies and DNA probes in the clinical microbiology laboratory has resulted in an array of rapid diagnostic tests. The immunofluorescent assay or enzyme-linked immunoassay is widely used in the rapid diagnosis of bacteria eg Group A streptococcus, Legionella pneumophila, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Bordetella pertussis; parasites eg Chlamydia tachomatis, Cryptosporidium species; and fungi eg Pneumocystis carinii. The BACTEC system was first introduced to detect bacteraemia pathogens. It has been further developed to detect Mycobacterium species in clinical specimens and this has greatly reduced turn-around time in the laboratory diagnosis of Mycobacterium species. The discovery of the polymerase chain reaction has led to hopes of using it as a potential diagnostic tool in the microbiology laboratory.
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