Handbook of Media for Clinical and Public Health Microbiology

Ronald M. Atlas & James W. Snyder

Language: English

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: Oct 24, 2013

Description:

The detection and/or isolation and identification of pathogenic microorganisms is critical for the laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases. With growth-dependant methods providing reliable means for identifying pathogens, traditional culturing continues to play an integral role in the detection and characterization of known and "new" microbial