Innovative DendrisChips Technology for a Syndromic Approach of In Vitro Diagnosis: Application to the Respiratory Infectious Diseases.

Clinical microbiology is experiencing the emergence of the syndromic approach of diagnosis. This paradigm shift will require innovative technologies to detect rapidly, and in a single sample, multiple pathogens associated with an infectious disease. Here, we report on a multiplex technology based on DNA-microarray that allows detecting and discriminating 11 bacteria implicated in respiratory tract infection.