Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Emerging Technologies in Clinical Microbiology laboratory

In clinical microbiology laboratories, before the invention of technological advances traditional methods like culture, phenotypic, and biochemical tests were used to recognize the presence of microorganisms in clinical specimens. Identification tests like nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) and analyte-specific reagents (ASRs) considered as more difficult, majorly these tests requires fully skilled persons. To avoid these problems new techniques like next-generation sequencing (NGS), Digital PCR were developed. Along with these techniques Matrix assisted laser desorption ionisation time of Mass spectroscopy (MALDI of MS) was invented which is useful for rapid and accurate identification of these cultured microorganisms.