Quick Fire Test: Clinical Microbiology

Question #5 answer:

Which of the following is not considered a molecular rapid diagnostic test?

A. PCR (polymerase chain reaction)
B. PNA FISH (peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization)
C. BMD (broth microdilution)
D. MALDI-TOF (matrix-assisted laser desperation ionization time-of-flight spectrometry)

NOTE 1: Molecular rapid diagnostic tests are revolutionizing clinical microbiology because they are able to identify organisms and drug resistance hours or even days before conventional methods. This mean we can get patients on the right drugs faster if we use the data.

NOTE 2: Broth microdilution is a method to test bacterial sensitivity to antimicrobials that requires 16-24 hours of incubation time.

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