Multiple Choice
Technology has introduced a range of speci?c, rapid tests for identifying and diagnosing infectious disease. While culturing a pathogen from a patient is always advantageous, what disadvantage(s) exist for traditional diagnostic techniques?
A) The isolated organism is not the pathogen causing the disease.
B) Critically ill patients may have to wait up to 48 hours for a culture to grow.
C) Certain pathogens are not able to be cultured in vitro.
D) Some diseases are caused by more than one organism.
E) All of these are valid arguments against traditional diagnostic techniques.
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