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Postgrad Med J 2004;80:660-662 doi:10.1136/pgmj.2004.021170
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Avoiding laboratory pitfalls in infectious diseases

  1. T S Lo,
  2. R A Smego
  1. Department of Medicine, University of North Dakota, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, North Dakota, USA
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr Tze Shien Lo
 Department of Medicine, University of North Dakota, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 1919 Elm Street, Fargo, ND 58102, USA; tshienlomedicine.nodak.edu
  • Received 24 February 2004
  • Accepted 1 April 2004

Abstract

In today’s medical care environment, clinicians are challenged to order clinically relevant, cost effective laboratory tests and antibiotic therapy. Together, physicians and laboratories must have guidelines and strategies that can provide quality patient care, while minimising costs and preventing further emergence of antimicrobial drug resistance. Five clinical vignettes that demonstrate these principles are presented.

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