Will Regulatory and Financial Considerations Dampen Innovation in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory?
Over a million prosthetic joints are placed in patients in the United States annually. Of those that fail, 25% will be due to infection, with an estimated cost approaching 1 billion dollars. Despite the clinical and economic importance of these infections, the techniques for their detection are rela...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016-03-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/1/e02178-15 |