Antibiotics in Laboratory Medicine is a comprehensive reference of data on antibiotics and the state-of-the-art techniques in laboratories, for clinicians and researchers in laboratory medicine. 35 contributors, 27 U.S. DNLM: Microbial Sensitivity Tests.

Contents

1. The Breakpoint
2. Antimicrobial Susceptibility on Solid Media
3. Susceptibility Testing of Antimicrobials in Liquid Media
4. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Anaerobic Bacteria
5. Antimycobacterial Agents: In Vitro Susceptibility Testing and Mechanisms of Action and Resistance
6. Antifungal Drugs: Mechanisms of Action, Drug Resistance, Susceptibility Testing, and Assays of Activity in Biological Fluids
7. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing for Some Atypical Microorganisms (Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Coxiella, and Spirochetes)
8. Applications, Significance of, and Methods for the Measurement of Antimicrobial Concentrations in Human Body Fluids
9. Antimicrobial Combinations
10. Genetic and Biochemical Mechanisms of Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents
11. Molecular Methods for the Detection of Antibacterial Resistance Genes
12. Molecular Mechanisms of Action for Antimicrobial Agents: General Principles and Mechanisms for Selected Classes of Antibiotics
13. The Antivirogram and the Modes of Action of Antiviral Agents, HIV, Hepatitis, Influenza, and Cytomegalovirus
14. Disinfectants and Antiseptics, Modes of Action, Mechanisms of Resistance, and Testing
15. Evaluation of Antimicrobials in Experimental Animal Infections
16. Extravascular Antimicrobial Distribution and the Respective Blood and Urine Concentrations in Humans
17. Epidemiology of Antimicrobial Resistance: Species Prevalence, Susceptibility Profiles, and Resistance Trends

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