1．Impact of Molecular Methods on Clinical Bacteriology&Robert C.George

2．Genomic DNA Digestion and Ribotyping&J.Zoe Jordens

3．Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis&Mary Elizabeth Kaufmann

4．Plasmid Analysis&Alan P.Johnson and Neil Woodford

5．DNA Amplification:General Concepts and Methods&Nick A.Saunders and Jonathan P.Clewley

6．Arbitrarily Primed PCR Methods for Studying Bacterial Diseases&David Ralph and Michael McClelland

7．Genomic Fingerprinting by Application of rep-PCR&Anne M. Ridley

8．Molecular Approaches to the Identification of Streptococci&Robert E. McLaughlin and Joseph J.Ferretti

9．Pneumococcal Diseases&Anthony M. Smith and Keith P.Klugman

10．Molecular Approaches in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Other Infections Caused by Mycobacterium Species&Madhu Goyal and Douglas B.Young

11．Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Diptheria&Androulla Efstratiou,Kathryn H. Engler,and Aruni de Zoysa

12．Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Infections Caused by Legionella spp.&Norman K. Fry and Timothy G.Harrison

13．Molecular Methods for Haemophilus influenzae&Mark A. Herbert,Derrick Crook,and E. Richard Moxon

14．The Impact of Molecular Techniques on the Study of Meningococcal Disease&Martin C. J. Maiden

15．Gonorrhea&Catherine A. Ison

16．Chancroid&Stephen A. Morse,David L. Trees,and Patricia A. Totten

17．Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma Infection&Claire B. Gilroy and David Taylor-Robinson

18．Application of Molecular Methods to the Study of Infections Caused by Salmonella spp.&E. John Threlfall,Mike D. Hampton,and Anne M. Ridley

19．Cholera&Timothy J. Barrett and Daniel N. Cameron

20．Diagnosis and Investigation of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli&James P. Nataro and Juan Martinez

21．Campylobacter Infections:Species Identification and Typing&Janet R. Gibson and Robert J. Owen

22．Detection and Typing of Helicobacter pylori&Robert J. Owen and Janet R. Gibson

23．Nosocomial Infections Caused by Staphylococci Ariane Deplano and Marc J. Struelens

24．Application of Molecular Techniques to the Study of Nosocomial Infection Caused by Enterococci&Teresa M. Coque,Prema Seetulsingh,Kavindra V. Singh,and Barbara E. Murray

25．Molecular Approaches for the Detection and Identification of B-Lactamases&David J. Payne and Christopher J. Thomson

26．Biochemical and Enzyme Kinetic Applications for the Characte rization of B-Lactamases&David J. Payne and Tony H. Farmer

27．B-Lactam Resistance Mediated by Changes in Penicillin-Binding Proteins Christopher G. Dowson and Tracey J. Coffey

28．The Application of Molecular Techniques for the Study of Aminoglycoside Resistance&Karen J.Shaw,Frank J.Sabatelli,Linda Naples,Paul Mann,Roberta S. Hare,and George H. Miller

29．Molecular Investigation of Glycopeptide Resistance in Gram-Positive Bacteria&Neil Woodford and Jill M. Stigter

30．Quinolone Resistance&Janice C. Brown and Sebastian G.B. Amyes

31．Resistance to Tetracyclines,Macrolides,Trimethoprim,and Sulfonamides&Marilyn C. Roberts

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