Manual of Commercial Methods in Clinical Microbiology

Description

The past 30 years have seen tremendous developments in the availability of commercial products in microbiology; however, to date there has been no general resource for all subdisciplines of clinical microbiology to use when evaluating commercial methods, tests, or procedures. This book reviews all the commercially available tests (both manual and automated) in the discipline of clinical microbiology and will be useful to clinical microbiologists, pathologists, infectious disease specialists, and other health care providers. A description of the sensitivities, specificities and predictive values from peer-reviewed sources is included. The authors also attempt to predict what new tests or methods may be used in the near future. This reference includes separate chapters devoted to molecular microbiology, information management, emerging infectious diseases, and veterinary clinical microbiology. Content: Front Matter • Important Notice • Preface • Table of Contents 1. Role of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Regulation of Commercial Clinical Microbiology Products 2. Commercial Blood Culture Systems and Methods 3. Rapid Systems and Instruments for the Identification of Bacteria 4. Anaerobic Bacteriology 5. Rapid Systems and Instruments for the Identification of Viruses 6. Human Immunodeficiency Virus 7. Chlamydia trachomatis 8. Mycoplasmas 9. Commercial Methods for Identification and Susceptibility Testing of Fungi 10. Mycobacteria 11. Diagnostic Medical Parasitology 12. Molecular Methods for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases 13. Automated Immunoassay Analyzers 14. Commercial Methods in Clinical Veterinary Microbiology 15. A Comparison of Current Laboratory Information Systems 16. Emerging Infectious Diseases 17. Rapid Systems and Instruments for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Bacteria 18. Clinical Microbiology: Looking Ahead • Appendix: Manufacturers and Distributors Index