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| After the Transcriptome: Toward Systems Mycobacter... |
Tuberculosis (TB) still kills 2 million people a y... |
Maria Gennaro, Thomas Gillis, Johnjoe Mc... |
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| Artifacts, Pitfalls, and Problems in the Diagnosis... |
ASM08S-0206 |
Gary Procop |
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| Bordetella pertussis: Anatomy of an Outbreak |
Whooping cough and the detection of B. pertussis u... |
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| Case Presentations in Clinical Microbiology |
ASM08S-0191 |
Charles Cartwright, Joseph Campos, Rober... |
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| Changing Scenario of HIV Diagnostics |
The APHL/CDC HIV Steering Committee was charged wi... |
Bernard Branson, Barbara Werner, Michael... |
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| Changing the Quality Control Requirements for Auto... |
The purpose of this session is to describe the pot... |
Kimberle Chapin, Judy Daly, Mary Ferraro... |
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| Clinical Microbiology is a Trivial Pursuit |
This interactive session provides an update of rec... |
Ferric Fang, Betty Forbes |
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| Clinically-Relevant Work Up of Sputum and Wound Cu... |
Sputum and wound cultures are frequently contamina... |
Yvette McCarter, Susan Sharp |
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| Clostridium difficile Testing-What are Your Option... |
Clostridium difficile testing has been quite probl... |
Brandi Limbago, Julie Ribes |
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| Evolution of Pathogenicity in Fungi and Protists |
The speakers in this symposium will describe how c... |
L. David Sibley, Joseph Heitman, Peter M... |
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| Hidden Perils: Tackling Lab Biosafety |
How safe is your laboratory? There have been a num... |
Ellen Baron, Karen Byers, Mary Gilchrist... |
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| Host Responses to Mycobacteria |
The mechanisms of immune control of tuberculosis r... |
Frédéric Altare, Joel Ernst, Igor Kramni... |
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| Implementing MRSA and VRE Surveillance Cultures in... |
This session will be of interest to clinical micro... |
Richard VanEnk, Carol Young |
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| Improving Your Vision of the Etiologic Diagnosis o... |
Because of changes in eye care and population agin... |
Peter Gilligan |
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| Incorporating Molecular Diagnostics for Virus Dete... |
One of the major challenges facing laboratories to... |
Christine Ginocchio, Richard Hodinka |
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| Influenza Virus and Other Emerging Respiratory Pat... |
The ongoing influenza A H5N1 epizootic, and concer... |
Matthew Bankowski, Michael Loeffelholz |
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| Intersection of Basic Research and Clinical Microb... |
This session will start with an overview of variou... |
Stephen Edberg, James Dick, Kevin Hazen,... |
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| Laboratory Diagnosis of Vaginitis and Vaginosis |
There are two major questions to be asked in labor... |
Nancy Cornish, Carol Spiegel |
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| Late Breaker Session: Diverse Applications for DNA... |
Amplification and sequencing of broad-range DNA ta... |
Cathy Petti, Gary Andersen, Daniel DiGiu... |
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| Lean Principles in Microbiology: How Can They Help... |
This is an interactive session appropriate for mic... |
Deborah BleckerShelley, Karin McGowan |
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| Melanized Fungi: The Dark Side of Medical Mycology |
The session provides two clinical and three basic ... |
Ekaterina Dadachova, Helene Eisenman, Sa... |
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| MRSA Detection Strategies for Labs of All Sizes |
Laboratories are becoming a critical part of Infec... |
Suzanne Paule, David Tison |
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| MRSA: What Is the Role of Active Surveillance? |
This session will address the role of active surve... |
W Huskins, Patrick Murray, Lance Peterso... |
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| New Insights into Fungal-Host Interactions in Heal... |
Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, Aspergi... |
Chad Steele, Gary Huffnagle, Mairi Nover... |
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| New Perspectives on Mechanisms of Redox Sensing by... |
The ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) to... |
Robert Fahey, David Sherman |
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| Novel Animal Models to Study Pathogenesis of Eukar... |
This session will highlight advances in understand... |
Ashraf Ibrahim, Dimitrios Kontoyiannis, ... |
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| Practical Solutions to Reducing the Cost and Impro... |
This session presents theoretical and empirical in... |
Bala Swaminathan, Paula Fernandes, Ilesh... |
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| Recent Advances and Updates in the Molecular Detec... |
The use of molecular fingerprinting methods to inv... |
Peter Gerner Smidt, Eric Brown, Eija Tre... |
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| Research Activities in Today's Clinical Microbiolo... |
ABMM and ABMLI diplomates are leaders in the field... |
Vickie Baselski, W. Dunne, Susan Orton, ... |
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| Review of Current Performance Characteristics of A... |
Clinical microbiologists utilize automated microbi... |
Karen Carroll, Sandra Richter, Kenneth T... |
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| Status Update: Challenges with Gram-negative Antib... |
The speakers will provide an update on 1.) Detecti... |
Gerri Hall, Philip Lister, John Quinn, P... |
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| The TB Laboratory in High-Burden, Low-Resource Cou... |
Countries with the highest rates of TB are also am... |
Michael Kimerling, John Ridderhof, Steve... |
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| Tuberculosis: 21st Century View |
This session will provide a comprehensive overview... |
Gerald Mazurek, Edward Desmond, C. Horsb... |
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| What Should We Teach Bench Techs About Antimicrobi... |
This session will describe facts about antimicrobi... |
Janet Hindler, Jean Patel |
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| You Are the Jury: The Microbiologist as Expert Wit... |
Clinical microbiology cases are appearing on the d... |
Larry Gray, David Moore, Josephine Morel... |
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