Molecular Techniques for the Study of Hospital Acquired Infection

12.08.2011

Englisch

9780470420850

John Wiley & Sons

Nein

Shabbir Simjee

248

Gebundene Ausgabe

Fadenbindung

Cell & Molecular Biology, Infectious Disease, Medical Science, Medizin, Zell- u. Molekularbiologie, Nosokomiale Infektion, Biowissenschaften, Life Sciences, Microbiology & Virology, Mikrobiologie u. Virologie, Krankenhausinfektion, Mikrobiologie, Infektionskrankheiten

PSG - Mikrobiologie (nicht-medizinisch)

Contributors. Forword. Preface. Dedication. I. Introduction to Healthcare Associated Infections and Their Control. 1. The Hospital and Ambulatory Care Environment (Anne Y. Chen and Hiren Pokharma). 2. Pathogen Transmission in the Healthcare Setting (Sonja Hansen and Ralf-Peter Vonberg). 3. Infection Control Basics (Louise-Marie Dembry and Carlos Torres-Viera). 4. Cost-Effectiveness of IC Program (Marc-Oliver Wright and Eli N. Perencevich). 5. Outbreak Investigations (Importance of the Healthcare Epidemiologist) (Marcus J. Zervos). 6. Pathogen Elimination: Antibiotic and Disinfectant Use and the Development of Resistance (Steven L. Foley, Beilei Ge, Carl M. Schroeder, and Arron M. Lynne). II. Techniques to Characterize Nosocomial Pathogens. 7. Rapid PCR Screening Methods (Ngolela Esther Babady, Frankling Cockerill and Robin Patel). 8. Restriction Analysis Techniques (Richard V. Goering, Mary Stemper, SanjayShukla and Steven Foley). 9. Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis (Mary Stemper, Steven Foley Richard V. Goering, and Sanjay Shukla). III. Application of Techniques to Characterize Predominant Nosocomial Pathogens. 10. Staphylococcus aureus (Vanthida Huang). 11. Escherichia coli (Johann D. D. Pitout). 12. Fungal Infections (Jose A. Vazquez). Index.

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