Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Microbiology (eBook)

Yi-Wei Tang, Chief of Clinical Microbiology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterCharles W. Stratton, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Bacterial identification based on universal gene amplification and sequencing.- Molecular techniques for blood and blood product screening.- Molecular diagnostics of sexual transmitted disease.- Advances in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.- Advanced typing techniques in molecular epidemiology investigations.- Molecular detection and characterization of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.- Rapid Screening and Identification of MRSA.- Advanced methods for detection of food-borne pathogens.- Technical and clinical niches for point of care molecular devices.- Molecular diagnosis of emerging coronavirus infections.- Technical advances in veterinary diagnostic microbiology.- Recent advances in veterinary diagnostic virology.- Deep sequencing: technical advances and clinical microbiology applications.- Splicing RNA and application in clinical microbiology.- Application of microarrays for laboratory diagnosis of fungal infections.- Laboratory technical advances in diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infections.- Clostridium difficile infections in one health.- Technical advances in molecular diagnostics of HIV-1 infections.- Multiplex techniques for detection and identification of microbial pathogens.- Molecular diagnosis and monitoring of human papillomavirus infections.- Molecular niches for laboratory diagnosis of sepsis.- Advanced pathology techniques for emerging infectious disease pathogens.- Diagnosis and assessment of microbial infections with host miRNA profiles.- Microbiome in diagnosis and monitoring of microbial infections.- Whole genome sequencing for microbial pathogen detection and identificaiton.- Host immune repertoire and microbial infections.- Advanced techniques for antiviral drug resistance determination.- Test algorithms using advanced techniques.- Clinical interpretation and relevance of advanced technique results.