Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Microbiology

Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Microbiology provides a comprehensive and up-to-date description of advanced methods that have evolved for the diagnosis of infectious diseases in the routine clinical microbiology laboratory. The book is divided into two

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Yi-Wei Tang Charles W. Stratton

Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Microbiology

Yi-Wei Tang Molecular Infectious Disease Laboratory Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN 37232-5310 USA [email protected]

Charles W. Stratton Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN 37232-5310 USA [email protected]

Library of Congress Control Number: 2005935335 ISBN-10: 0-387-29741-3 ISBN-13: 978-0387-29741-5

e-ISBN 0-387-32892-0

Printed on acid-free paper.  C

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Contributors

Jaber Aslanzadeh Division of Clinical Microbiology Department of Pathology Hartford Hospital and Clinical Laboratory Partners 85 Seymour Street Hartford, CT 06102, USA George Bolton BD Biosciences 10975 Torreyana Road San Diego, CA 92121, USA Mark J. Cameron Department of Experimental Therapeutics University Health Network 200 Elizabeth Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4 Sheldon Campbell Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service VA Connecticut West Haven, CT and Department of Laboratory Medicine Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520-8035, USA

Ali Danesh Department of Experimental Therapeutics University Health Network 200 Elizabeth Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4 Diane Dare Research Development Unit Manchester Metropolitan University St. Augustine’s Lower Chatham Street Manchester, UK MI5 5HA Phyllis Della-Latta Clinical Microbiology Services Department of Pathology Columbia University Medical Center New York Presbyterian Hospital 622 West 168th Street New York, NY 10032, USA Helen Deng Public Health Laboratory Arkansas Department of Health 4815 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72205, USA

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Wonder Drake Department of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 1161 21st Ave. South Nashville, TN 37232-2605, USA David Ernst BD Biosciences 10975 Torreyana Road San Diego, CA 92121, USA Tao Feng Molecular Pathology Laboratory Department of Pathology Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1122 One Gustave Levy Place New York, NY 10029, USA Patrice Francois Department of Internal Medicine Geneva University Hospital 21 rue Micheli-du-Crest Geneva 14, 1211, Swit