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"Preface Almost 1,800 media are described in the Handbook of Media for Clinical and Public Health Microbiology, including newly described media for the cultivation of emerging pathogens. Diseases caused by emerging pathogens that are responsible for increased rates of morbidity and mortality rates, such as Escherichia coli O157:H7, methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE), and carbapenem resistant enterococci (CRE) have raised special concerns and variousmedia included in the Handbook have been designed for the specific cultivation and identification of these pathogens. Many of the new media included in the Handbook of Media for Clinical and Public Health Microbiology permit the cultivation of bacteria, fungi, and viruses that are currently causing major medical problems around the world. These media are very important for the rapid detection of pathogenic microorganisms and the diagnosis of individuals with specific infectious diseases adn for preventing the spread of pathogens via food, water, and environmental sources. Several of the new media described in the Handbook of Media for Clinical and Public Health Microbiology include chromogenic or fluorogenic substrates that permit the rapid detection of specific pathogens. An important function of the Handbook of Media for Clinical and Public Health Microbiology is to provide descriptions of the media that are used to cultivate and identify microorganisms from clinical specimens and those of public health significance. The Handbook provides a compilation of the formulations, methods of preparation, and applications for media used in clinical and public health microbiology laboratories"--Provided by publisher.
List of contents
Diagnostic Microbiology: Isolation and Identification of Pathogens. Isolation and Culture Procedures. Media for the Isolation and Identification of Microorganisms of Public Health Concern. Media for the Isolation and Identification of Microorganisms from Clinical and Public Health Specimens. References. Web Resources. Alphabetical Listings of Bacteriological, Mycological, Protozoan, and Viral Culture Media.
About the author
Ronald M. Atlas, Ph.D., is a professor of biology at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. He has authored several microbiology textbooks and handbooks of microbiological media. His research has included development of diagnostic systems for pathogenic microorganisms. He has served on the editorial boards of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Bio- Science, Biotechniques, Environmental Microbiology, Biosecurity, and Bioterrorism, and Journal of Industrial Microbiology. He is the previous editor of Critical Reviews in Microbiology. He also has served as president of the American Society for Microbiology.
James W. Snyder, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Kentucky, and serves as the director of microbiology for the University of Louisville Hospital. Dr. Snyder is a diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology (ABMM) and a Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology. He is a member of the Critical Reviews in Microbiology editorial board and serves on the Professional Affairs Laboratory Practices Committee of the American Society for Microbiology. He serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Microbiology and member and coordinating editor of the Laboratory Response Network Sentinel Level Laboratory Protocols for Biothreat and Emerging Infectious Disease Agents. He maintains an active research program in both applied and basic clinical microbiology, including molecular techniques for the detection of pathogens and tracking of microbial incidence and in vitro activity of antibiotics in support of local and national surveillance programs.
