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Titre(s) : Advanced techniques in diagnostic microbiology [Texte électronique] / [edited by] Yi-Wei Tang, Charles W. Stratton
Publication : New York, N.Y. : Springer, 2006
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references
Clinical microbiologists are engaged in the field of diagnostic microbiology to determine
whether pathogenic microorganisms are present in clinical specimens collected from
patients with suspected infections. If microorganisms are found, these are identified
and susceptibility profiles, when indicated, are determined. During the past two decades,
technical advances in the field of diagnostic microbiology have made constant and
enormous progress in various areas, including bacteriology, mycology, mycobacteriology,
parasitology, and virology. The diagnostic capabilities of modern clinical microbiology
laboratories have improved rapidly and have expanded greatly due to a technological
revolution in molecular aspects of microbiology and immunology. In particular, rapid
techniques for nucleic acid amplification and characterization combined with automation
and user-friendly software have significantly broadened the diagnostic arsenal for
the clinical microbiologist. The conventional diagnostic model for clinical microbiology
has been labor-intensive and frequently required days to weeks before test results
were available. Moreover, due to the complexity and length of such testing, this service
was usually directed at the hospitalized patient population. The physical structure
of laboratories, staffing patterns, workflow, and turnaround time all have been influenced
profoundly by these technical advances. Such changes will undoubtedly continue and
lead the field of diagnostic microbiology inevitably to a truly modern discipline.
Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Microbiology provides a comprehensive and up-to-date
description of advanced methods that have evolved for the diagnosis of infectious
diseases in the routine clinical microbiology laboratory. The book is divided into
two sections. The first techniques section covers the principles and characteristics
of techniques ranging from rapid antigen testing, to advanced antibody detection,
to in vitro nucleic acid amplification techniques, and to nucleic acid microarray
and mass spectrometry. Sufficient space is assigned to cover different nucleic acid
amplification formats that are currently being used widely in the diagnostic microbiology
field. Within each technique, examples are given regarding its application in the
diagnostic field. Commercial product information, if available, is introduced with
commentary in each chapter. If several test formats are available for a technique,
objective comparisons are given to illustrate the contrasts of their advantages and
disadvantages. The second applications section provides practical examples of application
of these advanced techniques in several "hot" spots in the diagnostic field. A diverse
team of authors presents authoritative and comprehensive information on sequence-based
bacterial identification, blood and blood product screening, molecular diagnosis of
sexually transmitted diseases, advances in mycobacterial diagnosis, novel and rapid
emerging microorganism detection and genotyping, and future directions in the diagnostic
microbiology field. We hope our readers like this technique-based approach and your
feedback is highly appreciated. We want to thank the authors who devoted their time
and efforts to produce their chapters. We also thank the staff at Springer Press,
especially Melissa Ramondetta, who initiated the whole project. Finally, we greatly
appreciate the constant encouragement of our family members through this long effort.
Without their unwavering faith and full support, we would never have had the courage
to commence this project
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Tang, Yi-Wei. Fonction indéterminée
Stratton, Charles W.. Fonction indéterminée
Indice(s) Dewey :
616.904 75 (23e éd.) = Maladies transmissibles (médecine) - Diagnostic
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780387328928
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44642278v
Notice n° :
FRBNF44642278
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Part I. Techniques ; Automated Blood Cultures / Xiang Y. Han ; Urea Breath Tests
for Detection of Helicobacter pylori / Sihe Wang and Xiaotian Zheng ; Rapid Antigen
Tests / Sheldon Campbell and Marie L. Landry ; Advanced Antibody Detection / Yun
E (Wayne) Wang ; Phenotypic Testing of Bacterial Antimicrobial Susceptibility / Chao
Qi, Charles W Stratton, and Xiaotian Zheng ; Biochemical Profile-Based Microbial
Identification Systems / Jaber Aslanzadeh ; Rapid Bacterial Characterization and
Identification by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry / Diane Dare ; Probe-Based Microbial
Detection and Identification / Tao Hong ; Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis / Fann
Wu and Phyllis Della-Latta ; In Vitro Nucleic Acid Amplification: An Introduction
/ Haijing Li and Yi-Wei Tang ; PCR and Its Variations / Michael Loeffelholz and Heen
Deng ; Non-Polymerase Chain Reaction Mediated Target Amplification Techniques / Michael
L. Pendrak and S. Steve Yan ; Recent Advances in Probe Amplification Te
