Current Issues in Clinical Microbiology

Current Issues in Clinical Microbiology
Edited by
Nicole D. Pecora MD, PhD – UR Medicine Central Laboratories, West Henrietta, NY, USA
Matthew A. Pettengill PhD – Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pages 379-614 (December 2020)

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Contents
Pages vii-xi

Forthcoming Issues
Page xii

2020: A Year for Clinical Microbiology
Nicole D. Pecora, Matthew A. Pettengill
Pages xiii-xiv

Modern Blood Culture: Management Decisions and Method Options
Mark D. Gonzalez, Timothy Chao, Matthew A. Pettengill
Pages 379-392

Panels and Syndromic Testing in Clinical Microbiology
Jennifer Dien Bard, Erin McElvania
Pages 393-420

Practical Aspects and Considerations When Planning a New Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Dwight J. Hardy
Pages 421-431

Update on Susceptibility Testing: Genotypic and Phenotypic Methods
Romney M. Humphries
Pages 433-446

Clinical Pathogen Genomics
Andrew Cameron, Jessica L. Bohrhunter, Samantha Taffner, Adel Malek, Nicole D. Pecora
Pages 447-458

Coronavirus Detection in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory: Are We Ready for Identifying and Diagnosing a Novel Virus?
Katharine Uhteg, Karen C. Carroll, Heba H. Mostafa
Pages 459-472

Update on Biosafety and Emerging Infections for the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Michael A. Pentella
Pages 473-482

Point-of-Care Testing in Microbiology
Linoj Samuel
Pages 483-494

Update in Pediatric Diagnostic Microbiology
James J. Dunn, Paula A. Revell
Pages 495-508

Antimicrobial Stewardship: What the Clinical Laboratory Needs to Know
Diana Alame, Bryan Hess, Claudine El-Beyrouty
Pages 509-520

Fellowship Training for the Future Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Director
Bobbi S. Pritt, Carrie A. Bowler, Elitza S. Theel
Pages 521-533

Novel Assays/Applications for Patients Suspected of Mycobacterial Diseases
Niaz Banaei, Kimberlee A. Musser, Max Salfinger, Akos Somoskovi, Adrian M. Zelazny
Pages 535-552

Food Safety Genomics and Connections to One Health and the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Marc W. Allard, Jie Zheng, Guojie Cao, Ruth Timme, … Eric W. Brown

Update in Infectious Disease Diagnosis in Anatomic Pathology
Alvaro C. Laga
Pages 565-585

Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Andy Ngo, Debra Masel, Christine Cahill, Neil Blumberg, Majed A. Refaai
Pages 587-601

Measuring the Serologic Response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: Methods and Meaning
Nicole D. Pecora, Martin S. Zand
Pages 603-614