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Time to embrace the molecular approach for respiratory pathogen screening

2025-08-12 pathology Title + abstract only
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The current gold standard for clinical pathogen identification relies on a combination of culture-based methods, target-specific molecular techniques, and antigen-detection assays1. Known limitations of the first method include the requirement for viable and culturable microorganisms, while the second approach is constrained to a limited number of predefined targets. These constraints reduce their diagnostic success, as not all pathogens are culturable, easily isolated from commensal microbiota,...

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