Synopsis
Intended for clinical microbiologists, this collection explains the technical principles behind culture confirmation and direct detection probes, nucleic acid amplification methods, diagnostic sequencing and mutation detection, molecular typing methods, and detection methodology, then applies the technologies to the detection and characterization of specific bacteria, viral, fungal, and parasitic strains. Topics of the 53 chapters include fluorescence in situ hybridization, molecular phylogenetic analysis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, phenotypic testing of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 drug susceptibility, detection of agents associated with bioterrorism, RNA virus detection, and molecular approaches for diagnosis of malaria. Annotation © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR