Letter to the Editor: Cli/Lab 2018 Conference

InNovember2018, the first joined clinicalandparaclinical conference in the field of infectious diseases, named Cli/Lab 2018, was executed in Tehran, by the prominent professors of infectious diseases (ID) and was welcomed by manyID physicians. In this conference, one of the most important challenges of infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, was discussed by some experts. It also addressed the use of multiplex PCR (polymerase chain reaction) system for diagnosis of infectious diseases, and the results of this system in a referral laboratory center in Tehran were presented. This system will be a promising diagnostic system in the field of infectious diseases in our country and maylead to a great revolution in the diagnosis of infectious diseases, especially for viral infections or slow-growth microorganisms in the near future. However, using this systemmayhavesomechallenges at this time, which are cited below: