Developing a Highly Advanced Laboratory System in Clinical Microbiology

Abstract

In Japan, the status of "microbiology" in terms of clinical laboratory testing is quite low: i.e., many people have negative images of this field, describing it in such terms as "out-of-date", "deficit finances" and "useless". Compared with such an advanced field as clinical chemistry, clinical microbiology has fallen behind by 10~20 years. For instance, one of the most serious problems with microbiological tests performed in clinical laboratories is that more