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Microbiology and molecular diagnosis in pathology : a comprehensive review for board preparation, certification and clinical practice /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Wanger, Audrey (Autor), Chavez, Violeta (Autor), Huang, Richard S. P. (Autor), Wah Amer (Autor), Dasgupta, Amitava (Autor), Actor, Jeffrey K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Elsevier, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Microbiology and Molecular Diagnosis in Pathology; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Laboratory Management and Administration; Introduction; Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments/College of American Pathologists and Clinical Laboratories; Quality Assurance and Management; Compliance; Budget; Laboratory Safety; Key Points; Reference; 2 Specimen Collection and Handling in Microbiology Laboratory; Introduction; Blood Cultures; Body Fluid Collection; Cerebral Spinal Fluid; Specimen Collection from Genital Tract; Specimen Collection From Female Genital Tract.
  • Specimen Collection From Male Genital TractUrine Specimen Collection; Stool Specimen Collection; Specimen Collection from Respiratory Tract; Specimen Collection from Wounds, Abscess, and Tissue; Unacceptable Specimens; Key Points; References; 3 Specific Clinical Infections; Introduction; Bacteremia; Blood Culture Bottles; Common Contaminants of Blood Culture; Infective Endocarditis; Organisms Implicated in Infective Endocarditis; Clinical Features; Investigations; Antibiotic Therapy; Joint Infections; Prosthetic Joint Infections; Diagnosis; Treatment; Respiratory Tract Infection.
  • Community-Acquired PneumoniaAtypical Pneumonia; Nosocomial Pneumonia; Aspiration Pneumonia; Chronic Pneumonias; Interferon-Gamma Release Assays for Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection; Fungal Chronic Pneumonias; Pneumonia in Immunocompromised People; Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia; Urinary Tract Infection; Criteria for Diagnosis; Treatment; Viral Hepatitis; Hepatitis A; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis D; Hepatitis E; Gastrointestinal Infections; Campylobacter Infections; Salmonella Infections; Shigella Infections; Clostridium difficile Infections; Viruses.
  • Central Nervous System (CNS) InfectionsNeisseria meningitidis; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Listeria; Group B Streptococcus (GBS); Cryptococcus spp.; Encephalitis; CNS Tuberculosis; Key Points; References; 4 Media for the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory; Introduction; Media Used in Microbiology Laboratory; Selective and Differential Media; Other Selective Agars for Specific Pathogens; Broths; Key points; References; 5 Biochemical Tests and Staining Techniques for Microbial Identification; Introduction; Bacterial Stains; Gram Stain; Acid Fast Strain; Rhodamine Auramine Strain; Flagellar Strain.
  • Endospore StainFungal Stains; India Ink; Direct Fluorescent Antibody of Pneumocystis jirovecii; Parasite Stains; Modified Trichrome Stain; Modified Acid Fast Strain; Viral Stains; Antibody-Based Immunostains; Biochemical Tests; Key Points; References; 6 Overview of Bacteria; Introduction; Diagnostic Approach; Gram-Positive Bacteria; Coagulase Positive Staphylococcus; Staphylococcus species Not Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus saprophyticus; Staphylococcus lugdunensis; Streptococci; Group A Streptococci (Streptococcus pyogenes); Group B Streptococci (Streptococcus agalactiae).