PCR for Clinical Microbiology : An Australian and International Perspective - Carter, Ian W.J.; Schuller, Margret; James, Gregory S.; Sloots, Theo P.; Halliday, Catriona L.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
PCR Fundamentals -- PCR Basics -- PCR Methodology -- Laboratory Accreditation Standards -- Clinical Aspects and Diagnosis of Infectious Disease -- Meningitis and Encephalitis -- Respiratory Infections -- Blood-Borne Disease -- Enteric Infections -- Sexually Transmitted Infections -- PCR Protocols for Bacterial Pathogens -- Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis -- Brucellosis - The Role of PCR in Diagnosis and Management -- Burkholderia cepacia Complex and Burkholderia gladioli -- Chlamydia and Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV) -- Chlamydophila -- Coxiella burnetii -- Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Pathotypes (DEP) Including Enterohaemorrhagic (EHEC)/Shiga-toxin E. coli (STEC) -- Haemophilus ducreyi and Klebsiella granulomatis -- Haemophilus influenzae - Capsulated and Non-typeable -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex -- Mycobacteria Other Than Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- Mycoplasma genitalium -- Mycoplasma pneumoniae -- Neisseria gonorrhoeae -- Neisseria meningitidis -- Pseudomonas aeruginosa -- Rickettsia -- Streptococcus pneumoniae -- Treponema pallidum -- Universal Bacterial Identification by PCR and DNA Sequencing of 16S rRNA Gene -- PCR Protocols for Viral Pathogens -- Adenovirus -- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) -- Dengue Virus -- Enterovirus -- Epstein Barr Virus -- Flavivirus -- Hepatitis A Virus -- Hepatitis B Virus -- Hepatitis C Virus -- Hepatitis D Virus -- Hepatitis E Virus -- Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 and 2 -- Human Bocavirus -- Human Coronaviruses -- Human Herpes Viruses -6, -7 and -8 -- Human Papillomavirus -- Human Polyomaviruses - JCV and BKV -- Human Polyomaviruses - KIV and WUV -- Human Rhinoviruses -- Influenza Virus A H5N1 ("Avian Influenza") -- Influenza Virus A H1N1 (2009) ("Human Swine Influenza") -- Influenza Type C -- Measles Virus -- Norovirus -- Respiratory Syncytial Virus Types A and B -- Rotavirus -- Varicella Zoster virus -- Eight Commonly Recognised Respiratory Viruses -- Detection of CMV, HSV, VZV, EBV and Enterovirus by Multiplex PCR -- PCR Protocols for Fungal and Parasitic Pathogens -- Aspergillus Species -- Cryptosporidium -- Cyclospora -- Dientamoeba fragilis -- Entamoeba histolytica -- Giardia -- Malaria (P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae, P. ovale) -- Microsporidia -- Pneumocystis jirovecii -- Trichomonas vaginalis -- Toxoplasma gondii -- Multiplex PCR for Protozoan Parasites -- Universal Detection and Identification of Fungi by PCR and DNA Sequencing -- Susceptibility Screening -- An Introduction to Antimicrobial Susceptibility Screening -- PCR Assays in Detecting Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococci: Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CNS), S. aureus, and MRSA with the PVL Gene -- Detection of VRE: vanA and vanB Genes by PCR -- Metallo ? Lactamases Gene blaimp, blaspm and blavim Detection by Multiplex Real-Time TaqMan Assay on the Smartcycler -- PCR-Sequencing for Detection of Human Cytomegalovirus Mutations Conferring Antiviral Resistance -- Erratum to: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex.
Keywords: Microbiology; Life sciences; Infectious diseases; Biology-Technique.; Microbiology; Life Sciences, general; Infectious Diseases; Applied Microbiology; Biological Techniques; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary