Table of Contents

Automated blood culture systems.- Breath test covering H. pylori and Aspergillus.- Rapid antigen test.- Advanced antibody detection.- Cytometry-based antimicrobial resistance techniques.- Rapid phenotypic systems and instruments for microbial identification.- Host response-based techniques, interferon, procalcitonin etc.- Functional assessment of microbial infections by real time cell analysis system

Cellular Fatty Acid-Based Microbial Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing.- MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.- Nucleic acid extraction techniques.- Nonamplified probe-based microbial detection and identification.- Molecular typing techniques: state-of-the-art.- An introduction to in vitro nucleic acid amplification techniques.- PCR and derivatives.- Non-PCR target amplification techniques.- Probe amplification techniques, LCR, CPT, REM, etc.- Signal amplification techniques, bDNA, Invader, Digene.- Real-time nucleic acid quantitation.- An introduction to amplification production detection techniques.- Gel electrophoresis, Southern blot, and colorimetric microtiter plate.- Direct sequencing for amplification product identification.- Matrix hybridization for amplification product identification.- Amplification product real-time identification through FRET.- PCR mass spectrometry

Amplification product inactivation.- Bacterial identification based on universal gene amplification and sequencing.- Molecular techniques for blood and blood product screening.- Molecular diagnostics of sexual transmitted disease.- Advances in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.- Rapid Screening and Identification of MRSA.- Advanced methods for detection of food-borne pathogens.- Technical and clinical niches for point of care molecular devices.- Multplex PCR techniques and applications.- Technical advances in veterinary diagnostic microbiology.- Recent advances in veterinary diagnostic virology: report from an OIE.- Deep sequencing: technical advances and clinical microbiology applications.- Splicing RNA and application in clinical microbiology.- Application of microarrays for laboratory diagnosis of fungal infections.- Laboratory technical advances in diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infections.- Technical advances in molecular diagnostics of HIV-1 infections.- Liquid chip techniques for detection and identification of respiratory viruses.- Molecular diagnosis and monitoring of human papillomavirus infections.- Molecular niches for laboratory diagnosis of sepsis.- Advanced pathology techniques for emerging infectious disease pathogens.- Diagnosis and assessment of microbial infections with host miRNA profiles.- Clinical interpretation and relevance of advanced technique results.