CEO SUMMARY: Doctors rely on labs for the definitive diagnosis of the bacterium that causes whooping cough. Yet in several recent cases, the use of a molecular test for a definitive diagnosis led to questions about the effectiveness of the test. Molecular pathologists recommend labs may need to do a second test to confirm initial […]
Whooping Cough Cases Reveal Test Deficiencies
Molecular tests called into question as hospitals research outbreaks of Bordetella pertussis
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XVI No. 3 - February 19, 2007 Issue
