Imagine a scenario, where you have a patient with a life-threatening infection. Such a patient might require prompt antimicrobial therapy. However, in clinical microbiology, there is this constant race against the clock in identifying these disease-causing organisms so that an effective treatment can be provided. In fact, often, it is only after the death of a patient that the disease-causing organism is identified. This is primarily because traditional culture methods can be laborious, and in the case of mixed cultures, other analyses are required to identify microorganisms at the species level. Taken together, the entire process can be time consuming,…
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By fatoudiarrassoubaly
Fatou Diarrassouba Ly is currently enrolled as a masters student in Food Science, specializing in food microbiology and food safety at the University of British Columbia. She pursued her undergraduate degree in pharmacy, at the University of Bamako in Mali (West Africa) and was also employed as a research associate in the molecular biology unit of the Malaria Research and Training Center prior to her arrival in Canada. For those who may not know, Timbuktu is located in Mali!