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Dr. Ericsson used microscopic analysis to determine that a patient is suffering from a bacterial infection. Now she would like to determine what type of bacteria is causing the infection.
Which type of analysis should she perform?
automated cell counting
molecular testing
more in-depth microscopic analysis
immunoanalysis
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Molecular testing.
Reason: molecular methods (e.g., PCR, DNA sequencing) can identify the bacterial species and strain and detect resistance genes. Microscopy can show morphology but not reliably identify species, immunoassays detect specific antigens/antibodies (useful sometimes) and automated cell counting only measures numbers.
Reason: molecular methods (e.g., PCR, DNA sequencing) can identify the bacterial species and strain and detect resistance genes. Microscopy can show morphology but not reliably identify species, immunoassays detect specific antigens/antibodies (useful sometimes) and automated cell counting only measures numbers.
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