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Molecular Bacteriology: Protocols and Clinical Applications

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Editors:
  1. Neil Woodford

    1. Central Public Health Laboratory, London, UK

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  2. Alan P. Johnson

    1. Central Public Health Laboratory, London, UK

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Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Medicine (MIMM, volume 15)

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Table of contents (31 protocols)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Impact of Molecular Methods on Clinical Bacteriology

    • Robert C. George
    Pages 1-15

  3. Genomic DNA Digestion and Ribotyping

    • J. Zoe Jordens
    Pages 17-31

  4. Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis

    • Mary Elizabeth Kaufmann
    Pages 33-50

  5. Plasmid Analysis

    • Alan P. Johnson, Neil Woodford
    Pages 51-62

  6. DNA Amplification

    • Nick A. Saunders, Jonathan P. Clewley
    Pages 63-82

  7. Arbitrarily Primed PCR Methods for Studying Bacterial Diseases

    • David Ralph, Michael McClelland
    Pages 83-102

  8. Genomic Fingerprinting by Application of rep-PCR

    • Anne M. Ridley
    Pages 103-115

  9. Molecular Approaches to the Identification of Streptococci

    • Robert E. McLaughlin, Joseph J. Ferretti
    Pages 117-138

  10. Pneumococcal Diseases

    • Anthony M. Smith, Keith P. Klugman
    Pages 139-156

  11. Molecular Approaches in Mycobacterium tuberculosisand Other Infections Caused by Mycobacterium Species

    • Madhu Goyal, Douglas Young
    Pages 157-190

  12. Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Diphtheria

    • Androulla Efstratiou, Kathryn H. Engler, Aruni de Zoysa
    Pages 191-212

  13. Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Infections Caused by Legionella spp.

    • Norman K. Fry, Timothy G. Harrison
    Pages 213-242

  14. Molecular Methods for Haemophilus influenzae

    • Mark A. Herbert, Derrick Crook, E. Richard Moxon
    Pages 243-263

  15. The Impact o Molecular Techniques on the Study of Meningococcal Disease

    • Martin C. J. Maiden
    Pages 265-291

  16. Gonorrhea

    • Catherine A. Lson
    Pages 293-308

  17. Chancroid

    • Stephen A. Morse, David L. Trees, Patricia A. Totten
    Pages 309-333

  18. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma Infections

    • Claire B. Gilroy, David Taylor-Robinson
    Pages 335-354

  19. Application of Molecular Methods to the Study of Infections Caused by Salmonella spp.

    • E. John Threlfall, Mike D. Hampton, Anne M. Ridley
    Pages 355-368

  20. Cholera

    • Timothy J. Barrett, Daniel N. Cameron
    Pages 369-385
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About this book

The enormous advances in molecular biology that have been witnessed in . Not recent years have had major impacts on many areas of the biological sciences least of these has been in the field of clinical bacteriology and infectious disease . Molecular Bacteriology: Protocols and ClinicalApplications aims to provide the reader with an insight into the role that molecular methodology has to play in modern medical bacteriology. The introductory chapter ofMolecular Bacteriology: ProtocolsandCli- cal Applications offers a personal overview by a Consultant Medical Microbio- gist of the impact and future potential offered by molecular methods. The next six chapters comprise detailed protocols for a range of such methods . We believe that the use of these protocols should allow the reader to establish the various methods described in his or her own laboratory. In selecting the methods to be included in this section, we have concentrated on those that, arguably, have greatest current relevance to reference clinical bacteriology laboratories; we have deliberately chosen not to give detailed protocols for certain methods, such as multilocus enzyme electrophoresis that, in our opinion, remain the preserve of specialist la- ratories and that are not currently suited for general use. We feel that the methods included in this section will find increasing use in diagnostic laboratories and that it is important that the concepts, advantages, and limitations of each are th- oughly understood by a wide range of workers in the field .

Reviews

"The book is authoritative, as its many contributors are all experts in their fields; their contributions have been well coordinated by the editors, resulting in a unified work. . .The book is sturdily bound in hardback to withstand the considerable use it deserves and will undoubtedly get. It represents very good value and I recommend that all laboratories interested in molecular diagnosis in bacteriology should buy a copy of it."-Journal of Medical Microbiology

"Although intended primarily for clinical microbiologists and infectious disease specialists, this book will be an excellent reference for investigators who want to use established molecular techniques in a variety of studies. The numerous contributing authors are well regarded within their respective fields and their descriptions and interpretations of their techniques will allow readers to efficiently establish state-of-the-art methodologies in their laboratories...Each chapter contained in this volume is current and well written, and supported with an extensive and recent list of citations....This is an important reference for molecular techniques that will soon change clinical microbiology. It will be a valuable addition to the collection of libraries that serve medical and academic communities. It is an essential addition to the private libraries of clinical microbiologists and those studying infectious diseases."-Doody's Health Science Book Review Journal

". . .a book that will be useful not only to the experienced researchers, but also to the newcomer."-Laboratoriums Medizin

Editors and Affiliations

  • Central Public Health Laboratory, London, UK

    Neil Woodford, Alan P. Johnson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Molecular Bacteriology: Protocols and Clinical Applications

  • Editors: Neil Woodford, Alan P. Johnson

  • Series Title: Methods in Molecular Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1385/0896034984

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Protocols

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-498-3Published: 30 April 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-053-3Published: 09 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59259-599-0Published: 01 February 2008

  • Series ISSN: 1543-1894

  • Series E-ISSN: 1940-6037

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 682

  • Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Medical Microbiology, Microbiology, Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases

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