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Taylor & Francis Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections 2001 Edition by Nevio Cimolai
This timely reference provides comprehensive coverage of the most recent advances in diagnostic bacteriology-emphasizing the detection, pathogenesis, epidemiology, immunology, and therapeutics for bacterial infections as well as emerging areas of infection, including gastric helicobacters, bartonellosis, and borreliosis.Organized by specific microbes for quick referral to the infections' features, clinical presentation, and current treatment!With contributions from nearly 50 international experts in the field, Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections discussesnew techniques in molecular diagnostics and molecular epidemiology the structure, function, and management of a quality laboratory globalization and the transmission of infection emerging infections future trends in genotyping and more!Offering a compendium of over 4200 contemporary references, Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections is an invaluable resource for infectious disease physicians, clinical microbiologists, bacteriologists, pathologists, bacteriology technologists, and medical students in these disciplines. Table of contents :- General Considerations for the Diagnosis of Bacterial InfectionsA Role for Microscopy ContinueJochen Gottschalk and Alexander von GraevenitzApplied SystematicsJohn T. MageeCritical Features of Specimen Collection, Transport, and ProcessingChandar Anand and Nevio CimolaiSerodiagnosis for Bacterial InfectionsNevio CimolaiMolecular Diagnostics: Present and FutureAlex van Belkum and Wil GoessensSearching for the UnknownDavid N. FredricksMolecular EpidemiologyMarc StruelensDetermination of Resistance to AntibacterialsJohn D. Turnidge and Jan M. BellBlood Culture SystemsW. Michael Dunne, Jr., and Mark LaRoccoThe Quality LaboratoryNevio CimolaiSpecific Bacterial InfectionsStaphylococcal InfectionsNevio Cimolai and Frank EspersenStreptococcal and Enterococcal InfectionsGraziella Orefici, Roberto Nisini, and Christina von HunolsteinGram Positive Bacilli: Corynebacterium, Listeria, Bacillus, and OthersNevio Cimolai and Kathryn Bernard Mycobacteria and ActinomycetesNevio Cimolai, William A. Black, and Adalbert LaszloEnterobacteriaceae and Enteric InfectionsNevio Cimolai, G. Balakrish Nair, Yoshifumi Takeda, and Luiz R. TrabulsiGram Negative Cocci and MoraxellaeNevio Cimolai and Dominique A. CaugantGram Negative Infections: Pseudomonads and Other Gram Negative Non-Fermentative BacteriaKathryn BernardGram Negative Infections: Haemophilus and Other Clinically Relevant Gram Negative CoccobacilliJose Campos and Juan A. Saez-NietoGram Negative Infections: Gram Negative ZoonosesC. Anthony Hart and Malcolm BennettGastric HelicobactersJohn Holton and Dino VairaLegionellosisJanet E. Stout and John D. RihsBartonellosisAnna SanderWhooping Cough (Pertussis)James C. PatonAnaerobic InfectionsNevio CimolaiBorreliosesNevio Cimolai, Jarmo Oksi, and Matti K. ViljanenTreponemal and Other SpirochetosesBruno L. SchmidtChlamydiaeLee Ann Campbell, Jeanne M. Marazzo, Walter E. Stamm, and Cho-chou KuoRickettsioses (with Q Fever)Jean-Marc Rolain and Didier RaoultMycoplasmasNevio Cimolai