Manual of Clinical MicrobiologyAlbert Balows, American Society for Microbiology First published in 1970, previous edition in 1985. MCM5 is enlarged and restructured to keep pace with new developments and technology. Users must have knowledge of the fundamentals of microbiology and possess basic laboratory skills. Operational and organizational chapters address topics ranging from collecting and managing clinical specimens to selecting the best methodological approach for determining strain identity. Subsequent chapters deal with specific microorganisms as etiologic agents and with the clinical microbiologic laboratory in various treatment and research functions. Member price, $64. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... serum dilution that produces a signal equal to the cutoff point , as determined by linear regression analyses ( plotting OD versus dilution factor ) . Alternatively , the quantitative signal obtained by testing the serum at a single ...
... serum dilution that produces a signal equal to the cutoff point , as determined by linear regression analyses ( plotting OD versus dilution factor ) . Alternatively , the quantitative signal obtained by testing the serum at a single ...
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... serum is pretreated to remove nonspecific inhibitors and non- specific agglutinins and is diluted serially in twofold dilutions , followed by addition of mumps antigen . Virus- serum mixtures are incubated at 37 ° C for 1 h . A 0.5 ...
... serum is pretreated to remove nonspecific inhibitors and non- specific agglutinins and is diluted serially in twofold dilutions , followed by addition of mumps antigen . Virus- serum mixtures are incubated at 37 ° C for 1 h . A 0.5 ...
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... serum for at least three half - lives of the drug being tested ( each dilution represents bacte- ricidal activity for one half - life ) . Despite these theoret- ical advantages of the serum bactericidal test , the clin- ical usefulness ...
... serum for at least three half - lives of the drug being tested ( each dilution represents bacte- ricidal activity for one half - life ) . Despite these theoret- ical advantages of the serum bactericidal test , the clin- ical usefulness ...
Contents
Specimen Collection and Handling HENRY D ISENBERG JOHN A WASHINGTON II GARY V | 15 |
Microscopy KIMBERLE CHAPINROBERTSON AND STEPHEN C EDBERG | 29 |
Quality Assurance in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory RAYMOND C BARTLETT | 36 |
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