Rogers Beverly Barton
Department of Pathology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2015 Nov-Dec;18(6):495-503. doi: 10.2350/15-05-1643-OA.1. Epub 2015 Dec 23.
Children's healthcare has evolved over the years, and the pediatric laboratory has contributed to the clinical understanding of childhood disease through the application of new technology and knowledge. This article highlights the evolution of PCR technology to aid in the diagnosis of pediatric infections, from the discovery of the PCR, through the subsequent years when the clinical need exceeded the capability of the technology, until the current day, when application of the PCR is becoming commonplace.
