Current and Emerging Technologies for the Diagnosis of Microbial Infections

Current and Emerging Technologies in Microbial Diagnostics, the latest volume in the Methods in Microbiology series, provides comprehensive, cutting-edge reviews of current and emerging technologies in the field of clinical microbiology.

The book features a wide variety of state-of-the art methods and techniques for the diagnosis and management of microbial infections, with chapters authored by internationally renowned experts. This volume focuses on current techniques, such as MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy and molecular diagnostics, along with newly emerging technologies such as host-based diagnostics and next generation sequencing.

Written by recognized leaders and experts in the fieldProvides a comprehensive and cutting-edge review of current and emerging technologies in the field of clinical microbiology, including discussions of current techniques such as MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy and molecular diagnosticsIncludes a broad range and breadth of techniques coveredPresents discussions on newly emerging technologies such as host-based diagnostics and next generation sequencing

1. Total Laboratory Automation in Clinical Bacteriology
   Susan M. Novak-Weekley and Elizabeth M. Marlowe
2. MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry for Microorganism Identification
   Lori Bourassa and Susan M. Butler-Wu
3. POC Tests in Microbial Diagnostics: Current Status
   Luc Bissonnette and Michel G. Bergeron
4. Molecular Diagnostics in the Diagnosis of Parasitic Infection
   Bobbi S. Pritt
5. Clinical Applications of Quantitative Real-Time PCR in Virology
   Julia Engstrom-Melnyk, Pedro L. Rodriguez, Olivier Peraud and Raymond C. Hein
6. Low Density TaqMan® Array Cards for the Detection of Pathogens
   Jude Heaney, Kathryn Rolfe, Nicholas S. Gleadall, Jane S. Greatorex and Martin D. Curran
7. Invasive Fungal Infections and Approaches to Their Diagnosis
   Michael A. Pfaller
8. Technical and Software Advances in Bacterial Pathogen Typing
   Linda Chui and Vincent Li
9. Molecular Strain Typing and Characterisation of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile
   Tanis C. Dingle and Duncan R. MacCannell
10. Accurate Whole Genome Sequencing-Based Epidemiological Surveillance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    Hannes Pouseele and Philip Supply
11. Solid and Suspension Microarrays for Microbial Diagnostics
    Steve Miller, Ulas Karaoz, Eoin Brodie and Sherry Dunbar
12. Gene Amplification and Sequencing for Bacterial Identification
    Susanna K. P. Lau, Jade L. L. Teng, Chi-Chun Ho and Patrick C. Y. Woo
13. Host-Based Diagnostics for Detection and Prognosis of Infectious Diseases
    William E. Yang, Christopher W. Woods and Ephraim L. Tsalik
14. MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory; Beyond Identification
    Sören Schubert and Markus Kostrzewa
15. Next-Generation Sequencing for Pathogen Detection and Identification
    Kenneth G. Frey and Kimberly A. Bishop-Lilly
16. Virology - The Next Generation from Digital PCR to Single Virion Genomics
    Richard Allen White III, Jessica N. Brazelton de Cárdenas and Randall T. Hayden
17. Artificial Nucleic Acid Probes and Their Applications in Clinical Microbiology
    Alon Singer and Yi-Wei Tang