| Description |
414 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
An overview of the clinical and laboratory standards institute (CLSI) and its impact on antimicrobial susceptibility tests / Arthur L. Barry -- Antimicrobial classifications : drugs for bugs / Cassandra B. Calderón and Beulah Perdue Sabundayo -- Disk diffusion test and gradient methodologies / Audrey Wanger -- Macro- and microdilution methods of antimicrobial susceptibility testing / Sadaf Qaiyumi -- Automated systems : an overview / Sheryl Stuckey -- Agar dilution susceptibility testing / Ann Hanlon, Merwyn Taylor, and James Dick -- Susceptibility-testing protocols for antibiograms and preventive surveillance : a continum of data collection, analysis, and presentation / John Thomas and Nancy T. Rector -- |
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Anaerobe antimicrobial susceptibility testing / Darcie E. Roe-Carpenter -- Antifungal susceptibility testing of yeasts / Ana Espinel-Ingroff and Emilia Cantón -- Antifungal susceptibility testing of filamentous fungi / Ana Espinel-Ingroff and Emilia Cantón -- Susceptibility testing of mycobacteria / Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Pamela Lindholm-Levy, and Richard J. Wallace Jr. -- Methods for determing bactericidal activity and antimicrobial interactions : synergy testing, time-kill curves, and population analysis / Punam Verma -- |
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Serum bactericidal testing / Harriette Nadler and Michael Dowzicky -- Bioassay methods for antimicrobial and antifungal agents / Donald H. Pitkin and Estrella Martin-Mazuelos -- Molecular methods for bacterial strain typing / Sophie Michaud and Donna Berg -- Pharmacy and microbiology : interactive synergy / Beulah Perdue Sabundayo and Cassandra B. Calderón -- Interactions between clinicians and the microbiology laboratory / John H. Powers -- Clinical microbiology in the development of new antimicrobial agents / C. Douglas Webb and Barbara G. Painter |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
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Microbial sensitivity tests.
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests -- methods.
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests -- standards.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents.
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Antifungal Agents.
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Drug Resistance, Fungal.
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Drug Resistance, Microbial.
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| Author |
Goodwin, Avery C.
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Schwalbe, Richard.
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Steele-Moore, Lynn.
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| LC no. |
2007005182 |
| ISBN |
0824741005 (alk. paper) |
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9780824741006 (alk. paper) |
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