Molecular Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases / / ed. by Harald H. Kessler.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Amar, Corinne F.L.,; Asthana, Deshratn,; Bustin, Stephen A.,; Ciotti, Marco,; Endler, Georg,; Garland, Suzanne M.,; Henquell, Cécile,; Hoffmann, Dieter,; Hübner, Margit,; Ieven, Margareta,; Izopet, Jacques,; Kessler, Harald H.,; Loens, Katherine,; Murphy, Jamie,; Nadas, Korinna S.,; Peigue-Lafeuille, Helene,; Protzer, Ulrike,; Rabenau, Holger F.,; Raggam, Reinhard B.,; Slavka, Georg,; Tabrizi, Sepehr N.,; Valiathan, Ranjini,
• HerausgeberIn: Kessler, Harald H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 2nd revised edition
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (202 p.)

The prevalence of infectious diseases is worldwide increasing. Therefore, detection methods for infectious pathogens change quickly. In the new edition of Kessler´s Molecular Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases laboratory professionalists get valueable information about the current diagnostic methods...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Table of Contents
• Authors Index
• Contributors Index
• 1 Choice of adequate sample material
• 2 Stability of the specimen during preanalytics
• 3 Quality assurance and quality control
• 4 Extraction of nucleic acids
• 5 Amplification and detection methods
• 6 Interpreting and reporting molecular diagnostic tests
• 7 Human immunodeficiency virus
• 8 Hepatitis viruses
• 9 Pathogens relevant in transplantation medicine
• 10 Pathogens in lower respiratory tract infections
• 11 Molecular diagnosis of gastrointestinal pathogens
• 12 Pathogens relevant in the central nervous system
• 13 Pathogens relevant in sexually transmitted infections
• Index