Mycobacteria /

Mycobacteria covers some aspects of mycobacterial identification. The book starts by describing a historical review of tuberculosis, including topics about searching for its causes and cure and about the use of chemotherapy for treating tuberculosis. The text describes the different species of Mycob...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chadwick, Maureen V.
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Baker, F. J.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bristol ; Boston : Wright/PSG, 1982.
Series:	Institute of Medical Laboratory Sciences monographs.
Subjects:	Mycobacteria > Identification. Mycobacterial diseases > Diagnosis. Tuberculosis > Diagnosis. Diagnosis, Laboratory. Mycobactériacées > Identification. Tuberculose > Diagnostic. Diagnostics biologiques. HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General. MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine. MEDICAL > Diseases. MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine. MEDICAL > Internal Medicine. Diagnosis, Laboratory Mycobacteria > Identification Mycobacterial diseases > Diagnosis Tuberculosis > Diagnosis Electronic books. Field guides
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Table of Contents:

Front Cover; Mycobacteria; Copyright Page; Foreword; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Tuberculosis-the Killer Disease; HISTORICAL REVIEW; The Search for a Cause; The Search for a Cure; Chemotherapy; LOOKING TO THE FUTURE; Chapter 2. Mycobacteriaceae; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE (Hansen's bacillus); MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAEMURIUM (Stefansky's bacillus); MYCOBACTERIUM PARA TUBERCULOSIS (Johne's bacillus); OTHER MYCOBACTERIA; Runyon Group IV. The Rapid Growers.
Chapter 3. Safety PrecautionsAEROSOL FORMATION; SAFETY CABINETS; CENTRIFUGES; SHAKING MACHINES AND HOMOGENIZERS; DISINFECTANTS; AUTOCLAVING; Chapter 4. Culture Media; INTRODUCTION; PREPARATION OF CULTURE MEDIA; PREPARATION OF SENSITIVITY TEST MEDIA; PAS; Ethambutol; Capreomycin; 'Stepped pH' Media for Pyrazinamide Sensitivity Testing (Marks, 1964); Chapter 5. The Treatment of Specimens; SPUTUM; Concentration Methods; Microscopic Examination; PROCESSING OF SPECIMENS OTHER THAN SPUTUM; Urine Specimens; STORAGE OF CULTURES; Chapter 6. Sensitivity Testing of Mycobacteria; RESISTANCE RATIO METHOD.
PROPORTIONAL METHODABSOLUTE CONCENTRATION METHOD; Chapter 7. Methods for Identifying Mycobacteria; STAINING OF MYCOBACTERIA; Auramine-phenol Fluorescence Stain; IDENTIFICATION TESTS; Sensitivity to Thiopen-2-Carboxylic Acid Hydrazide (TCH) and Furan-2-Carboxylic Acid Hydrazide (FCH); Pigmentation; Growth at Different Temperatures; ANIMAL INOCULATION; Chapter 8. Identification of Mycobacterial Isolates; SCREENING TESTS; Chapter 9. Antituberculosis Drugs; ASSAY METHODS; References and Bibliography; Index.