Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50441#.VD9UuFfHRK0 Author(s) Stephen C. Edberg 1* , J. Michael Miller 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA . 2 Microbiology Technical Services, Dunwoody, GA, USA . ABSTRACT Epidemiological surveillance for microbes is currently based on either agar culture followed by identification, or genetic amplification. Both techniques are highly skilled-labor intensive, costly, and must be done in central laboratories. The Defined Substrate Utilization ® (DSU ® ) format provides an epidemiological series of specific screening formulations that obviate these limitations. All reagents are present in optimized stable powder form in a test tube...
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