| Edition |
2nd revised edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 202 pages) |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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data file rda |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Table of Contents -- Authors Index -- Contributors Index -- 1 Choice of adequate sample material -- 2 Stability of the specimen during preanalytics -- 3 Quality assurance and quality control -- 4 Extraction of nucleic acids -- 5 Amplification and detection methods -- 6 Interpreting and reporting molecular diagnostic tests -- 7 Human immunodeficiency virus -- 8 Hepatitis viruses -- 9 Pathogens relevant in transplantation medicine -- 10 Pathogens in lower respiratory tract infections -- 11 Molecular diagnosis of gastrointestinal pathogens -- 12 Pathogens relevant in the central nervous system -- 13 Pathogens relevant in sexually transmitted infections -- Index. |
| Summary |
The prevalence of infectious diseases is worldwide increasing. Therefore, detection methods for infectious pathogens change quickly. In the new edition of Kessler´s Molecular Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases laboratory professionalists get valueable information about the current diagnostic methods, tipps and tricks in terms of sample processing, quality control, and interpretation of the results. For clinicians the book is a valuable aid for decision-making in ordering appropriate tests as well as in assuring the necessary quality of the sample material. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Communicable diseases -- Molecular diagnosis.
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Communicable Diseases -- diagnosis |
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Molecular Diagnostic Techniques |
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Maladies infectieuses -- Diagnostic moléculaire.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Contagious.
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MEDICAL -- Infectious Diseases.
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| Added Author |
Kessler, Harald H., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Molecular diagnostics of infectious diseases. 2nd rev. ed. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, ©2012 9783110278835 (DLC) 2012470026 (OCoLC)803800498 |
| ISBN |
3110278928 (electronic book) |
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9783110278927 (electronic book) |
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1283857898 |
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3110278839 |
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9781283857895 |
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9783110278835 |
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3110278936 |
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9783110278934 |
| Standard No. |
10.1515/9783110278927 doi |
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AU@ 000050159069 |
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DEBBG BV041907219 |
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DEBBG BV043079688 |
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DEBSZ 42364968X |
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NZ1 14686893 |
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NZ1 14791110 |
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