Comparison of Culture and Molecular Identification of Bacteria in Chronic Wounds

What is it about?

This paper compares the results of clinical microbiology testing of chronic wound samples using different techniques: traditional cultures, organism-specific PCR assays, and culture-free rDNA sequencing.

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Why is it important?

This paper gives examples of how using different methods of microbial detection in the clinical microbiology laboratory can impact the results obtained and the interpretation of the components comprising chronic wound infections.