PCR Detection of Microbial Pathogens

By Mark Wilks

1. Real-time Quantitative PCR, Pathogen Detection and MIQE

Jamie Murphy, Tania Nolan and Stephen A. Bustin

2. Overcoming Inhibition in Real-time Diagnostic PCR

Johannes Hedman and Peter R?dstr?m

3. Quality in the Molecular Microbiology Laboratory

Paul S. Wallace and William G. MacKay

4. Pre-Analytical Sample Treatment and DNA Extraction Protocols for the Detection of Bacterial Pathogens from Whole Blood

Wendy L. J. Hansen, Cathrien A. Bruggeman, and Petra F. G. Wolffs

5. Detection of Bacterial Contamination in Platelet Concentrates using Flow Cytometry and Real-time PCR Methods

Tanja Vollmer, Knut Kleesiek, and Jens Dreier

6. Multiplex Real-time PCR Assay for the Detection of Meticillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Panton-Valentine Leukocidin from Clinical Samples

Lynne Renwick, Anne Holmes, and Kate Templeton

7. PCR Detection of Haemophilus influenzae from Respiratory Specimens

Guma M. K. Abdeldaim and Bj?rn Herrmann

8. Rapid Detection of Atypical Respiratory Bacterial Pathogens by Real-time PCR

Clare L. Ling and Timothy D. McHugh

9. Use of Multiple Real-time PCR Assays for the Diagnosis of Bodetella spp in Clinical Specimens

Kathleen M. Tatti and M. Lucia Tondella

10. Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae by Real-time PCR

Jonas M. Winchell and Stephanie L. Mitchell

11. Real-Time PCR Assay for the Diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia

Judith Fillaux and Antoine Berry

12. Rapid Identification of Mycobacteria and Rapid Detection of Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Cultured Isolates and in Respiratory Specimens

Wing-Cheong Yam and Kit-Hang Gilman Siu

13. Direct Detection of Mycobaterium ulcerans in Clinical Specimens and Environmental Samples

Caroline J. Lavender and Janet A.M. Fyfe

14. Detection of Bartonella spp. DNA in Clinical Specimens using an Internally Controlled Real-time PCR Assay

Anneke M. C. Bergmans and John W.A. Rossen

15. Direct Identification of Multiple Genital Pathogens in Urine using Multiplex PCR-based Reverse Line Blot Assays

Michelle L. McKechnie, Fanrong Kong, and Gwendolyn L. Gilbert

16. Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection using Real-time PCR

Renate Johanna van den Berg, Dennis Bakker, and Ed J. Kuijper

17. Detection of Pathogenic Leptospira spp. through Real-time PCR (qPCR) Targeting the LipL32 Gene

Robyn Anne Stoddard

18. Sensitive and Rapid Detection of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli using Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification

Wataru Yamazaki

19. PCR Detection of Helicobacter pylori in Clinical Samples

Emiko Rimbara, Masanori Sasatsu, and David Y. Graham

20. Rapid Detection of the Escherichia coli Genospecies in Water by Conventional and Real-time PCR

Andr?e F. Maheux, Luc Bissonnette, and Michel G. Bergeron

21. Multiplex Real Time PCR (MRT-PCR) for Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli

Francesca Barletta, Theresa J. Ochoa, and Thomas G. Cleary

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603273522
• ISBN13: 9781603273527
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 10.4"