Providing a broad overview of the microbial pathogens associated with hospital-acquired human illness, Techniques for the Study of Hospital Acquired Infection examines the cost-effective use of laboratory techniques in nosocomial infectious disease epidemiology and control. This concise guide addresses the cost benefits of combining modern molecular techniques with the traditional activities of infection control departments. The book is useful as a guide to hospital infection control programs as well as a text for medical practitioners, grad/medical students, researcher scientists, population biologists, molecular biologists, and microbiologists.Content:
Chapter One The Hospital and Ambulatory Care Environment (pages 1–21): Hiren Pokharna and Anne Y. Chen
Chapter Two Pathogen Transmission in the Healthcare Setting (pages 23–38): Sonja Hansen and Ralf?Peter Vonberg
Chapter Three Infection Control Basics (pages 39–54): Louise?Marie Dembry and Carlos Torres?Viera
Chapter Four Cost Effectiveness of Infection Control Program (pages 55–70): Marc?Oliver Wright and Eli N. Perencevich
Chapter Five Outbreak Investigations (Importance of the Healthcare Epidemiologist) (pages 71–81): Faiqa Alam Cheema and Marcus J. Zervos
Chapter Six Pathogen Elimination: Antibiotic and Disinfectant Use and the Development of Resistance (pages 83–104): Steven L. Foley, Beilei Ge, Carl M. Schroeder and Aaron M. Lynne
Chapter Seven Rapid PCR Screening Methods (pages 105–133): Ngolela Esther Babady, Franklin R. Cockerill and Robin Patel
Chapter Eight Restriction Analysis Techniques (pages 135–144): Richard V. Goering, Mary E. Stemper, Sanjay K. Shukla and Steven L. Foley
Chapter Nine Pulsed?Field Gel Electrophoresis (pages 145–160): Mary E. Stemper, Steven L. Foley, Richard V. Goering and Sanjay K. Shukla
Chapter Ten Staphylococcus Aureus (pages 161–177): Vanthida Huang and Samantha J. Eells
Chapter Eleven Escherichia Coli (pages 179–192): Johann D. D. Pitout
Chapter Twelve Fungal Infections (pages 193–215): Jose A. Vazquez