Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Microbiology : Volume 1: Techniques

This newly updated edition of the well informed guide covers the more advanced and less cumbersome methods of analysis that embattled hospital microbiology labs must adopt to replace the slow and cumbersome culture-based assays of pathogenic microorganisms..

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Automated Blood Cultures -- Introduction -- Principles -- Reporting and Interpretation of Positive Culture -- Automated Culturing Systems -- Blood Culture and CMBCS for Mycobacteria -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Laboratory Automation in Clinical Bacteriology -- Introduction -- The Different Automated Systems -- Specimen Processors -- Partial Automation: WCA and WASPLab -- Full Automation: TLA -- Incubators -- Recent and Future Hardware Developments -- Imaging and Telebacteriology -- Performance, Impact, and Gain -- Automation Installation and Implementation: Difficulties and Threats -- Laboratory Reorganization -- System Failures -- Connectivity -- Conclusion -- References -- Biochemical Profile-Based Microbial Identification Systems -- Introduction -- Single Enzyme Rapid Tests -- Catalase Test -- Oxidase Test -- Spot Indole Test -- Slide Coagulase Test -- Microdase -- Bile Solubility Test -- PYR -- Leucine Aminopeptidase (LAP) Test -- MUG Test -- Indoxyl Butyrate Disk -- Chromogenic Enzyme Substrate Test -- Gonochek II -- BactiCard Neisseria -- Hippurate -- Lysostaphin -- CLO Test -- Overnight Biochemical-Based Tests -- Tube Coagulase Test -- DNA Hydrolysis -- Vancomycin Disk Test -- Bacitracin Inhibition Test (Taxo A Disk) -- Bacitracin and STX Susceptibility Test -- Taxo P Disks (Optochin) -- CAMP Test -- Reverse CAMP Test -- Bile Esculin Agar Slant -- 6.5% Salt Broth -- Indole Test -- Nitrite Test -- ALA (Haemophilus Influenzae Porphyrin Test) -- Motility Indole Lysine (MILS) -- O-Nitrophenyl-β-d-Galactopyranoside Test -- Methyl Red (MR) Test -- Voges-Proskauer (VP) Test -- Pseudosel Agar Slant -- Urea Agar Slant -- Citrate Agar Slant -- Cetrimide Agar -- Gelatin -- Acetate Utilization -- Lead Acetate for Hydrogen Sulfide Detection -- Lysine Iron Agar (LIA)..

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

©2018

Erschienen:

Cham: Springer ; 2018

©2018

Ausgabe:

3rd ed.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tang, Yi-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Stratton, Charles W [Mitwirkende/r]

Links:

ebookcentral.proquest.com [lizenzpflichtig]

ISBN:

978-3-319-33900-9

Themen:

Diagnostic microbiology-Technique
Electronic books

Anmerkungen:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources

Umfang:

1 online resource (544 pages)

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

1688328955