Serological testing in a microbiology laboratory of specimens from patients with suspected infectious disease.
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Serological testing in a microbiology laboratory of specimens from patients with suspected infectious disease.
AIMS To determine how the microbiology laboratories of one region process serological requests from patients with suspected infectious illness, referred to as "clinical syndrome" type patients in this study; to consider areas where improvement in the associated serology service could be made. METHODS A prospective two month collection of data on all serological requests from patients with sus...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.48.4.358