Antibiotics in laboratory medicine

Content: The breakpoint / Matthew A. Wikler, Paul G. Ambrose --
Antimicrobial susceptibility on solid media / John D. Turnidge, Jan M. Bell --
Susceptibility testing of antimicrobials in liquid media / Daniel Amsterdam --
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of anaerobic bacteria / David W. Hecht --
Antimycobacterial agents: in vitro susceptibility testing and mechanisms of action and resistance / Clark B. Inderlied and Kevin A. Nash --
Antifungal drugs: mechanisms of action, drug resistance, susceptibility testing and assays of activity in biological fluids / Michael A. Pfaller, Daniel J. Diekema, and Michael G. Rinaldi --
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing for some atypical microorganisms (chlamydia, mycoplasma, rickettsia, ehrlichia, coxiella, and spirochetes) / Jean-Marc Rolain, Didier Raoult --
Applications, significance of, and methods for the measurement of antimicrobial concentrations in human body fluids / Roger D. Klein and Stephen C. Edberg --
Antimicrobial combinations / Satish K. Pillai, Robert C. Moellering, Jr., and George M. Eliopoulos --
Genetic and biochemical mechanisms of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents / Louis B. Rice and Robert A. Bonomo --
Molecular methods for the detection of antibacterial resistance genes / Margareta Ieven --
Molecular mechanisms of action for antimicrobial agents: general principles and mechanisms for selected classes of antibiotics / Charles W. Stratton --
The antivirogram and the modes of action of antiviral agents, HIV, hepatitis, influenza, and cytomegalovirus / Pierre Dellamonica [and others] --
Disinfectants and antiseptics, modes of action, mechanisms of resistance, and testing / Joseph M. Ascenzi, Martin S. Favero --
Evaluation of antimicrobials in experimental animal infections / O' Reilly [and others] --
Extravascular antimicrobial distribution and the respective blood and urine concentrations in humans / David M. Bamberger [and others] --
Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance: species prevalence, susceptibility profiles, and resistance trends / Thomas R. Fritsche, Helio S. Sader, Ronald N. Jones.