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<p>Contributors</p> <p>Preface</p> <p><b>Section I: Novel and Emerging Technologies</b></p> <p>1 Nucleic Acid Amplification Methods Overview</p> <p>2 Application of Identification of Bacteria by DNA Target Sequencing in a Clinical Microbiology Laboratory</p> <p>3 Microbial Whole-Genome Sequencing: Applications in Clinical Microbiology and Public Health</p> <p>4 Digital PCR and Its Potential Application to Microbiology</p> <p>5 Massively Parallel DNA Sequencing and Microbiology</p> <p>6 Next-Generation Sequencing</p> <p>7 Pathogen Discovery</p> <p>8 Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Microbial Identification in Clinical Microbiology</p> <p>9 Multiplex Technologies</p> <p><b>Section II: Metagenomics: Implications for Diagnostics</b></p> <p>10 The Skin Microbiome: Insights into Potential Impact on Diagnostic Practice</p> <p>11 The Gastrointestinal Microbiome</p> <p>12 The Vaginal Microbiome</p> <p>13 Microbial Communities of the Male Urethra</p> <p>14 The Human Virome in Health and Disease</p> <p><b>Section III: Health Care-Associated Infections</b></p> <p>15 Molecular Detection of Staphylococcus aureus Colonization and Infection</p> <p>16 Molecular Diagnostics for Clostridium difficile</p> <p>17 Overview of Molecular Diagnostics in Multiple-Drug-Resistant Organism Prevention: Focus on Multiple-Drug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial Organisms</p> <p>18 Detection of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci</p> <p><b>Section IV: Molecular Diagnostics and Public Health</b></p> <p>19 The Impact of Molecular Diagnostics on Surveillance of Foodborne Infections</p> <p>20 Role of Molecular Methods in Improving Public Health Surveillance of Infections Caused by Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria in Health Care and Community Settings</p> <p>21 Molecular Diagnostics: Huge Impact on the Improvement of Public Health in China</p> <p>22 Surveillance and Epidemiology of Norovirus Infections</p> <p>23 Molecular Diagnostic Assays for the Detection and Control of Zoonotic Diseases</p> <p><b>Section V: Syndromic Diagnostics</b></p> <p>24 Molecular Approaches to the Diagnosis of Meningitis and Encephalitis</p> <p>25 Using Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques in a Syndrome-Oriented Approach: Detection of Respiratory Agents</p> <p>26 Molecular and Mass Spectrometry Detection and Identification of Causative Agents of Bloodstream Infections</p> <p>27 Molecular Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Infections</p> <p>28 Diagnostic Approaches to Genitourinary Tract Infections</p> <p>29 Syndromic Diagnostic Approaches to Bone and Joint Infections</p> <p><b>Section VI: Virology</b></p> <p>30 Molecular Detection and Characterization of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1</p> <p>31 Molecular Detection and Characterization of Hepatitis C Virus</p> <p>32 Molecular Detection and Characterization of Hepatitis B Virus</p> <p>33 Molecular Detection of Human Papillomaviruses</p> <p>34 Molecular Diagnostics for Viral Infections in Transplant Recipients</p> <p><b>Section VII: Fungi and Protozoa</b></p> <p>35 Molecular Detection and Identification of Fungal Pathogens</p> <p>36 Molecular Approaches for Diagnosis of Chagas' Disease and Genotyping of Trypanosoma cruzi</p> <p>37 Molecular Approaches for Diagnosis of Malaria and the Characterization of Genetic Markers for Drug Resistance</p> <p>38 Molecular Detection of Gastrointestinal Parasites</p> <p><b>Section VIII: Point-of-Care/Near-Care Diagnostics</b></p> <p>39 Molecular Diagnostics and the Changing Face of Point-of-Care</p> <p>40 Point-of-Care Technologies for the Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis</p> <p>41 Molecular Diagnostics for Use in HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment in Resource-Limited Settings</p> <p>42 Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Malaria and Dengue Infection</p> <p><b>Section IX: The Host and Host Response</b></p> <p>43 Implications of Pharmacogenetics for Antimicrobial Prescribing</p> <p>44 Exploiting MicroRNA (miRNA) Profiles for Diagnostics</p> <p>45 Host Response in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection</p> <p>46 Biomarkers of Gastrointestinal Host Responses to Microbial Infections</p> <p><b>Section X: Information Technology</b></p> <p>47 Point-of-Care Medical Device Connectivity: Developing World Landscape</p> <p>48 WHONET: Software for Surveillance of Infecting Microbes and Their Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents</p> <p>49 Cloud-Based Surveillance, Connectivity, and Distribution of the GeneXpert Analyzers for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis (TB) and Multiple-Drug-Resistant TB in South Africa</p> <p><b>Section XI: Quality Assurance</b></p> <p>50 Molecular Method Verification</p> <p>51 Molecular Microbiology Test Quality Assurance and Monitoring</p> <p>52 Proficiency Testing and External Quality Assessment for Molecular Microbiology</p> <p>53 Practices of Sequencing Quality Assurance</p> <p>54 Verification and Validation of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry-Based Protocols</p> <p>Section XII: The Business of Diagnostics</p> <p>55 Improved Diagnostics in Microbiology: Developing a Business Case for Hospital Administration</p> <p>56 Molecular Diagnostics and the Changing Legal Landscape</p> <p>Index</p>

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