 CDC Home  Test for Detecting Foodborne Illnesses  Graphic:
Tests for Detecting Foodborne Illness. Culture Dependent: Use
specimens from patients, has high accuracy rate, requires
special knowledge to run, produces pure cultures for subtyping,
produces pure cultures for antimicrobial sudceptibility testing;
Culture Independent: Use specimens from patients, produces fast
result, may test for bacteria, viruses, and parasites at the
same time, may be done at physician's office.  Similarities and
differences between culture-dependent and culture-independent
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