Molecular Techniques for the Study of Hospital Acquired Infection.
Title:
Molecular Techniques for the Study of Hospital Acquired Infection.
Author:
Foley, Steven L.
ISBN:
9781118063828
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (249 pages)
Contents:
Molecular Techniques for the Study of Hospital Acquired Infection -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part One: Introduction to Healthcare-Associated Infections and their Control -- 1 The Hospital and Ambulatory Care Environment -- 2 Pathogen Transmission in the Healthcare Setting -- 3 Infection Control Basics -- 4 Cost Effectiveness of Infection Control Program -- 5 Outbreak Investigations (Importance of the Healthcare Epidemiologist) -- 6 Pathogen Elimination: Antibiotic and Disinfectant Use and the Development of Resistance -- Part Two: Techniques to Characterize Nosocomial Pathogens -- 7 Rapid PCR Screening Methods -- 8 Restriction Analysis Techniques -- 9 Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis -- Part THREE: Application of Techniques to Characterize Predominant Nosocomial Pathogens -- 10 Staphylococcus aureus -- 11 Escherichia coli -- 12 Fungal Infections -- Index.
Abstract:
Providing a broad overview of the microbial pathogens associated with hospital-acquired human illness, Techniques for the Study of Hospital Acquired Infection examines the cost-effective use of laboratory techniques in nosocomial infectious disease epidemiology and control. This concise guide addresses the cost benefits of combining modern molecular techniques with the traditional activities of infection control departments. The book is useful as a guide to hospital infection control programs as well as a text for medical practitioners, grad/medical students, researcher scientists, population biologists, molecular biologists, and microbiologists.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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