Identification of emerging bacterial pathogens generally results from a chain of events
involving microscopy, serology, molecular tools, and culture. Because of the spectacular …

Since the 1950s, medical communities have been facing with emerging and reemerging
infectious diseases, and emerging pathogens are now considered to be a major …

Features of a number of important but poorly explained human clinical syndromes strongly
indicate a microbial etiology. In these syndromes, the failure of cultivation-dependent …

Perspective Page 1 Where Do Emerging Pathogens Come from? Understanding the origins of
pathogens will help us to combat emerging infectious diseases Mark EJ Woolhouse I nfectious …

From a practical viewpoint, clinical bacteriology can be subdivided into three main activities.
First and foremost is detection, isolation, and identification of pathogens. This is usually …

Microbial pathogens discovered as aetiological agents of human disease over the last 25
years are reviewed. Strengthening of laboratory and public health surveillance is of …

Gene amplification and sequencing have led to the discovery of new pathogens as agents of
disease and have enabled us to better classify microorganisms from culture. Sequence …

Clinical microbiology has always been a slowly evolving and conservative science. The sub-
field of bacteriology has been and still is dominated for over a century by culturebased …

With the advancement of microbiological discovery, it is evident that many infections,
particularly bloodstream infections, are polymicrobial in nature. Consequently, new …

Emerging Infectious Diseases Emerging Infectious Diseases offers an introduction to
emerging and reemerging infectious disease, focusing on significant illnesses found in …