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Intro; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Automated Blood Cultures; Introduction; Principles; Reporting and Interpretation of Positive Culture; Automated Culturing Systems; Blood Culture and CMBCS for Mycobacteria; Concluding Remarks; References; Laboratory Automation in Clinical Bacteriology; Introduction; The Different Automated Systems; Specimen Processors; Partial Automation: WCA and WASPLab; Full Automation: TLA; Incubators; Recent and Future Hardware Developments; Imaging and Telebacteriology; Performance, Impact, and Gain.
Automation Installation and Implementation: Difficulties and ThreatsLaboratory Reorganization; System Failures; Connectivity; Conclusion; References; Biochemical Profile-Based Microbial Identification Systems; Introduction; Single Enzyme Rapid Tests; Catalase Test; Oxidase Test; Spot Indole Test; Slide Coagulase Test; Microdase; Bile Solubility Test; PYR; Leucine Aminopeptidase (LAP) Test; MUG Test; Indoxyl Butyrate Disk; Chromogenic Enzyme Substrate Test; Gonochek II; BactiCard Neisseria; Hippurate; Lysostaphin; CLO Test; Overnight Biochemical-Based Tests; Tube Coagulase Test; DNA Hydrolysis.
Triple Sugar Iron Agar Slant (TSI)Phenylalanine Deaminase; Decarboxylase (Moeller's Method); OF Glucose Medium; OF Sugars; Commercial Microbial Identification Systems; API Identification System; BBL"!Crystal"!Identification System; BBL Phoenix Identification and Susceptibility System; VITEK and VITEK 2 Identification System; MicroScan WalkAway; Sensititre® Microbiology Systems; MIDI Sherlock; BioLog ID System; References; Advanced Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Methods; Introduction; History and Evolution of Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Methods.
Acceleration of Traditional Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing MethodsNear-Future Novel Approaches to Rapid Phenotypic Susceptibility Testing Methods; Future Novel Approaches to Rapid Phenotypic Susceptibility Testing Methods; Summary and Concluding Remarks; References; Rapid Microbial Antigen Tests; Introduction; Principles of the Techniques; Agglutination; Immunofluorescence; Enzyme Immunoassay; Chemiluminescent Methods; Lateral Flow Immunochromatography and Fluoroimmunoassay; Characteristics of the Techniques; Applications of the Techniques; Bacteria; Fungi; Parasites; Viruses.
Automation Installation and Implementation: Difficulties and ThreatsLaboratory Reorganization; System Failures; Connectivity; Conclusion; References; Biochemical Profile-Based Microbial Identification Systems; Introduction; Single Enzyme Rapid Tests; Catalase Test; Oxidase Test; Spot Indole Test; Slide Coagulase Test; Microdase; Bile Solubility Test; PYR; Leucine Aminopeptidase (LAP) Test; MUG Test; Indoxyl Butyrate Disk; Chromogenic Enzyme Substrate Test; Gonochek II; BactiCard Neisseria; Hippurate; Lysostaphin; CLO Test; Overnight Biochemical-Based Tests; Tube Coagulase Test; DNA Hydrolysis.
Triple Sugar Iron Agar Slant (TSI)Phenylalanine Deaminase; Decarboxylase (Moeller's Method); OF Glucose Medium; OF Sugars; Commercial Microbial Identification Systems; API Identification System; BBL"!Crystal"!Identification System; BBL Phoenix Identification and Susceptibility System; VITEK and VITEK 2 Identification System; MicroScan WalkAway; Sensititre® Microbiology Systems; MIDI Sherlock; BioLog ID System; References; Advanced Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Methods; Introduction; History and Evolution of Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Methods.
Acceleration of Traditional Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing MethodsNear-Future Novel Approaches to Rapid Phenotypic Susceptibility Testing Methods; Future Novel Approaches to Rapid Phenotypic Susceptibility Testing Methods; Summary and Concluding Remarks; References; Rapid Microbial Antigen Tests; Introduction; Principles of the Techniques; Agglutination; Immunofluorescence; Enzyme Immunoassay; Chemiluminescent Methods; Lateral Flow Immunochromatography and Fluoroimmunoassay; Characteristics of the Techniques; Applications of the Techniques; Bacteria; Fungi; Parasites; Viruses.