A 'culture' shift : application of molecular techniques for diagnosing polymicrobial infections

• Main Authors: Zhang, Yi, Hu, Anne, Andini, Nadya, Yang, Samuel
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Polymicrobial Infection; Bacterial Infection
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143823
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

With the advancement of microbiological discovery, it is evident that many infections, particularly bloodstream infections, are polymicrobial in nature. Consequently, new challenges have emerged in identifying the numerous etiologic organisms in an accurate and timely manner using the current diagno...