Jürgen Popp & Michael Bauer 
Modern Techniques for Pathogen Detection 

This outstanding overview sets a new standard for a methods book on pathogen detection. The first chapter provides an outline of currently used routine methods, including their background, strengths and weaknesses, as well as comparing them to newer methods. The following chapters then cover novel methods already in wide use and which are still more experimental for routine purposes.
An invaluable resource for all medical laboratories and clinical institutions dealing with infectious diseases.

Inhoudsopgave

Identification Methods – An Overview (O. Makarewicz, C. Stein, W. Pfister, B. Löffler, M. Pletz)
Unmet Medical Needs in Life-threatening Infections – Caring for the Critically Ill (M. Bauer, A. Kortgen, M. Singer)
Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques (M. Lehmann, R. P. H. Schmitz)
DNA microarrays for Pathogen Detection (H. Schulze, M. Rubtsova, T. T. Bachmann)
MALDI-To F (S. Zimmermann)
IR- and Raman Spectroscopy (U. Münchberg, S. Kloss, D. Kusic, S. Meisel, R. Heinke, S. Stöckel, P. Rösch, J. Popp)
FISH (G. N. Forrest, J. Mohammadi, S. Mohammadi)
Conclusion (M. Schmitt, K. Weber, J. Popp)

Over de auteur

Jürgen Popp is Professor at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena where he is Director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry. He is also Director of the Institute of Physical High Technology (IPHT) Jena. In the German National Research Network on biophotonics he serves as the speaker.

Professor Bauer is the chair of the Integrated Research and Treatment Center for Sepsis at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Prof. Bauer graduated from the medical school of the Saarland in 1990 before moving to the Johns Hopkins Hospital for 2 years. Since 2003 he is full professor at the University of Jena.