Manual of Commercial Methods in Clinical Microbiology / / Allan L. Truant

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830675103321
• Autore: Truant Allan L.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : ASM Press, , 2002
• ISBN: 1-68367-233-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 481 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 616.075028
• Soggetti: Medical laboratory technology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Coordinating Authors -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Gary V. Doern -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Important Notice -- Role of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Regulation of Commercial Clinical Microbiology Products -- Sharon L. Hansen -- Commercial Blood Culture Systems and Methods -- Melvin P. Weinstein -- L. Barth Reller -- Rapid Systems and Instruments for the Identification of Bacteria -- Alan T. Evangelista -- Allan L. Truant -- Paul P. Bourbeau -- Anaerobic Bacteriology -- Stephen D. Allen -- Christopher L. Emery -- Jean A. Siders -- Rapid Systems and Instruments for the Identification of Viruses -- Marilyn A. Menegus -- Human Immunodeficiency Virus -- Richard L. Hodinka -- Chlamydia trachomatis -- Robert C. Jerris -- Carolyn M. Black -- Mycoplasmas -- Ken B. Waites -- Deborah F. Talkington -- Cecile M. Bebear -- Commercial Methods for Identification and Susceptibility Testing of Fungi -- Donna M. Wolk -- Glenn D. Roberts -- Mycobacteria -- Glenn D. Roberts -- Leslie Hall -- Donna M. Wolk -- Diagnostic Medical Parasitology -- Lynne S. Garcia -- Molecular Methods for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases -- Donald Jungkind -- Harald H. Kessler -- Automated Immunoassay Analyzers -- Richard L. Hodinka -- Commercial Methods in Clinical Veterinary Microbiology -- Thomas J. Inzana -- David S. Lindsay -- Xiang-Jin Meng -- Karen W. Post -- A Comparison of Current Laboratory Information Systems -- Charles T. Ladoulis -- Allan L. Truant -- Ray D. Aller -- Emerging Infectious Diseases -- Byungse Suh -- Jay R. Kostman -- Richard Maniglia -- Rapid Systems and Instruments for ; Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Bacteria -- Alan T. Evangelista -- Allan L. Truant -- Clinical Microbiology: Looking Ahead -- Donna M. Wolk -- David H. Persing -- Appendix / Manufacturers and Distributors -- Jamshid Moghaddas -- Allan L. Truant -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: A general resource for all subdisciplines of clinical microbiology to use when evaluating commercial methods, tests, or procedures. Reviews all the commercially available tests (both manual and automated) in the discipline of clinical microbiology. Includes a description of the sensitivities, specificities, and predictive values from peer-reviewed sources. Features separate chapters devoted to molecular microbiology, information management, emerging infectious diseases, and veterinary clinical microbiology. This title is published by the American Society for Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.