Ebook: Medical Microbiology Testing in Primary Care

And key pointsChapter 8 The Eye and the Respiratory Tract Specimen; Overview; Introduction; The eye; The ear, nose, and throat; The lower respiratory tract; Tuberculosis; Summary and key points; Chapter 9 The Serology Specimen; Introduction; How to get the most out of the laboratory; Markers of infection; Screening and determination of immune status; Specimen collection; Hepatitis viruses; Management of sharps/splash injuries to members of the public; Summary and key points; Chapter 10 Infections in Pregnancy; Introduction; Role of the antenatal clinic.

This concise, highly illustrated case-based guide will help community-based primary care physicians and nurses, and laboratory-based microbiologists, better understand each other's requirements in collecting and interpreting specimens, and thus to improve the quality of patient care. Read more...