Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections (Hardbound - 2001)

About the Book
This timely reference provides comprehensive coverage of the most recent advances in diagnostic bacteriology-emphasizing the detection, pathogenesis, epidemiology, immunology, and therapeutics for bacterial infections as well as emerging areas of infection, including gastric helicobacters, bartonellosis, and borreliosis.

Organized by specific microbes for quick referral to the infections' features, clinical presentation, and current treatment

With contributions from nearly 50 international experts in the field, Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections discusses

new techniques in molecular diagnostics and molecular epidemiology

the structure, function, and management of a quality laboratory

globalization and the transmission of infection

emerging infections

future trends in genotyping

and more
Offering a compendium of over 4200 contemporary references, Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections is an invaluable resource for infectious disease physicians, clinical microbiologists, bacteriologists, pathologists, bacteriology technologists, and medical students in these disciplines.