Current and Emerging Technologies for the Diagnosis of Microbial Infections
Academic Press
Published on 23. November 2015
634 pages
978-0-12-803331-9 (ISBN)
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Current and Emerging Technologies in Microbial Diagnostics, the latest volume in the Methods in Microbiology series, provides comprehensive, cutting-edge reviews of current and emerging technologies in the field of clinical microbiology.
The book features a wide variety of state-of-the art methods and techniques for the diagnosis and management of microbial infections, with chapters authored by internationally renowned experts. This volume focuses on current techniques, such as MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy and molecular diagnostics, along with newly emerging technologies such as host-based diagnostics and next generation sequencing.
- Written by recognized leaders and experts in the field
- Provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge review of current and emerging technologies in the field of clinical microbiology, including discussions of current techniques such as MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy and molecular diagnostics
- Includes a broad range and breadth of techniques covered
- Presents discussions on newly emerging technologies such as host-based diagnostics and next generation sequencing
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- Total Laboratory Automation in Clinical BacteriologySusan M. Novak-Weekley and Elizabeth M. Marlowe
- MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry for Microorganism IdentificationLori Bourassa and Susan M. Butler-Wu
- POC Tests in Microbial Diagnostics: Current StatusLuc Bissonnette and Michel G. Bergeron
- Molecular Diagnostics in the Diagnosis of Parasitic InfectionBobbi S. Pritt
- Clinical Applications of Quantitative Real-Time PCR in Virology Julia Engstrom-Melnyk, Pedro L. Rodriguez, Olivier Peraud and Raymond C. Hein
- Low Density TaqMan® Array Cards for the Detection of PathogensJude Heaney, Kathryn Rolfe, Nicholas S. Gleadall, Jane S. Greatorex and Martin D. Curran
- Invasive Fungal Infections and Approaches to Their DiagnosisMichael A. Pfaller
- Technical and Software Advances in Bacterial Pathogen TypingLinda Chui and Vincent Li
- Molecular Strain Typing and Characterisation of Toxigenic Clostridium difficileTanis C. Dingle and Duncan R. MacCannell
- Accurate Whole Genome Sequencing-Based Epidemiological Surveillance of Mycobacterium tuberculosisHannes Pouseele and Philip Supply
- Solid and Suspension Microarrays for Microbial DiagnosticsSteve Miller, Ulas Karaoz, Eoin Brodie and Sherry Dunbar
- Gene Amplification and Sequencing for Bacterial IdentificationSusanna K. P. Lau, Jade L. L. Teng, Chi-Chun Ho and Patrick C. Y. Woo
- Host-Based Diagnostics for Detection and Prognosis of Infectious DiseasesWilliam E. Yang, Christopher W. Woods and Ephraim L. Tsalik
- MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory; Beyond IdentificationSören Schubert and Markus Kostrzewa
- Next-Generation Sequencing for Pathogen Detection and IdentificationKenneth G. Frey and Kimberly A. Bishop-Lilly
- Virology - The Next Generation from Digital PCR to Single Virion GenomicsRichard Allen White III, Jessica N. Brazelton de Cárdenas and Randall T. Hayden
- Artificial Nucleic Acid Probes and Their Applications in Clinical MicrobiologyAlon Singer and Yi-Wei Tang
