On detection thresholds–a review on diagnostic approaches in the infectious disease laboratory and the interpretation of their results
Andreas Hahn, Andreas Podbielski, Thomas Meyer, Andreas E. Zautner, Ulrike Loderstädt, Norbert Georg Schwarz, Andreas Krüger, Dániel Cadar, Hagen Frickmann
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Point-of-care testingInfectious disease (medical specialty)Diagnostic testMedical laboratoryGold standard (test)DiseaseMedicineTest (biology)Strengths and weaknessesMedical physicsData scienceComputer scienceRisk analysis (engineering)Intensive care medicinePathologyPsychologyBiologyVeterinary medicineInternal medicineSocial psychologyPaleontologyZoonotic diseases and public healthBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingBacteriophages and microbial interactions