The laboratory diagnosis of infection requires the demonstration-either direct or indirect-of viral, bacterial, fungal, or parasitic agents in tissues, fluids, or excreta of the host. The traditional detection methods of microscopy and culture are time-consuming and are increasingly being replaced by nucleic acid probe assays.
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