NPK Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Title says it all Is there a difference or are the terms interchangeable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 I'm not entirely sure, but to me, clinical microbiology sounds more hospital/patient oriented, while medical micro has the ultimate goal of creating medicines to cure diseases... a lot like what I'm doing (I'm working in the Center for Molecular Medicine at my university). I'm just guessing here, though. Maybe wikipedia has a better answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyncod Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 I think that the ultimate goal is to make names that sound good to donors but mean absolutely nothing. Like "genomic medicine". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Then you take random syllables and create a spinoff company, like say Genicine. The problem is that everyone does this, and they are all using a limited number of syllables, so it starts to get very confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uthra Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 i personally feel medical microbiology is more specific dealing with pathogenesis route of entry etc while clinical is focused on epidemiology diagnosis and cure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ennui Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Title says it all Is there a difference or are the terms interchangeable? Medical microbiology is investigating pathogenesis and virulence. E.g. investigating the edema factor of anthrax and how the body responds to it with toll-like receptors. Clinical microbiology is working in a hospital lab diagnosing people. E.g. receiving a tissue sample and diagnostic methods to identify the pathogen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Epidemiology is also a field in clinical microbiology. But you are aware that the original question was posted a few years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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