Antimicrobial Therapy

Individualization of Usage of Antimicrobials in Intensive Care Units

Bases for the Rational Choice of Antimicrobials in the Treatment of Intra-Abdominal Infections

Nucleic Acid-Based Tests Move Slowly into Clinical Labs

Translated and reprinted with permission from «ASM News» 2001; 67:560-5.

Sample preparation problems, contamination, and entrenched attitudes slow but cannot stop adoption of analytically diagnostic methods.