: Amy L. Leber, Carey-Ann D. Burnham
: Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook, Multi-Volume
: ASM Press
: 9781683674832
: 5
: CHF 337.40
:
: Medizin
: English
: 3792
: DRM
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
: ePUB

Gold Standard consensus-based procedures from the experts.

TheClin cal Microbiology Procedures Handbook, 5th edition, provides those engaged in microbial analysis of clinical specimens with procedures for the detection, identification, and characterization of microorganisms involved in human infections. This unique and valuable collection of step-by-step descriptions of the numerous testing modalities used in the clinical microbiology laboratory was written and edited by highly knowledgeable laboratorians. The 5th edition features two new sections, one on blood cultures and one on MALDI-TOF MS, and the sections on molecular diagnostics, virology, and serology were extensively revised and updated. Presented over multiple volumes, this handbook enables laboratory staff to perform all analyses, including appropriate quality control recommendations, from the receipt of the specimen through processing, testing, interpretation, presentation of the final report, and subsequent consultation.

If you are looking for online access to the latest from this reference or site access for your lab, please visitwww.wiley.com/learn/c inmicronow.

Contributors


Alireza Abdolrasouli

Department of Medical Microbiology King’s College Hospital London

London, United Kingdom

Maria E. Aguero-Rosenfeld

Department of Pathology

New York University Langone Health

New York, New York

Jasmine Ahmed-Bentley

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

University of British Columbia

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Kevin Alby

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Ibne Karim M. Ali

Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases

National Center of Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, Georgia

Neil W. Anderson

Department of Pathology and Immunology

Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis, Missouri

Matthew J. Arduino

Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases

Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Atlanta, Georgia

Derek Armstrong

Department of Pathology

The Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

Miguel A. Arroyo

Department of Pathology

Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center

Fort Hood, Texas

Rachael Aubert

Antibiotic Resistance Coordination and Strategy Unit

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Atlanta, Georgia

Marwan Azar

Department of Internal Medicine

Yale School of Medicine

New Haven Connecticut

N. Esther Babady

Department of Laboratory Medicine

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York

Joan-Miquel Balada-Llasat

The Ohio State University

Wexner Medical Center

Columbus, Ohio

Niaz Banaei

Department of Pathology/Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine

Stanford University School of Medicine

Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

Palo Alto, California

Ellen J. Baron

Stanford University

Los Altos, California

Vickie S. Baselski

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Memphis, Tennessee

Allen C. Bateman

Communicable Disease Division

Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene

Madison, Wisconsin

Cécile Bébéar

University of Bordeaux

Bordeaux