American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
Nonprofit bioscience organization which is the main repository of cell lines in the United States. Offers information on established cell lines and may order cells.
http://www.atcc.orgAntimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (BSAC Working Party)
Information about antimicrobial resistance surveillance programmes organised by BSAC (British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy) and links to related sites
http://www.btinternet.com/~bsac.resistancesurveillance
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.
(APIC) is a multi-disciplinary, voluntary, international organization. Promotes wellness and prevents illness and infection world-wide by advancing health care epidemiology through education, collaboration, research, practice, and credentialing.
http://www.apic.org/
Bacterial Toxins: Friends or Foes?
Overview of the biochemistry and mechanism of action of bacterial toxins from the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no2/schmitt.htm
Bacteriology 330: Host-Parasite Interactions
An extensive collection of information on the interactions between microbes and their hosts. List of lecture topics.
http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact330/330lecturetopics
Candida albicans Pseudomonas Helicobacter epidemiology
Molecular epidemiology, virulence factors, virulence genes of pathogenic microorganisms.
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~imbs/HTML/schmid.html
CDC Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion: Issues in Healthcare Settings
Articles and statistics related to infectious diseases and hospitals and hospital personnel.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/
Clinical Microbiology Software: Interpretation and Report of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test.
ASASI is assistant software to interpret and report antimicrobial susceptibility tests for clinical microbiology department and It is based on "rule-based expert system".
http://member.hitel.net/~chleeymc/ynasasi.html
Common Cold
This interesting and well presented site provides a comprehensive, updated and referenced source of information on the common cold.
http://www.commoncold.org/
Department of Medical Microbiology of the University of Zurich
Information about the tasks of the Department, which include teaching, research, laboratory diagnosis of bacterial and fungal infections, and external quality control in medical microbiology for Switzerland.
http://www.unizh.ch/imm/
Family Practice Notebook: Infectious Disease
Comprehensive database of infectious disease.
http://www.fpnotebook.com/ID.htm
General Practice Notebook - Infectious disease
Coverage of this medical speciality.
http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/MedwebPage.cfm?ID=1282080777
Genomics and Bacterial Pathogenesis
This review summarises the current methodologies used in genome analysis
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol6no5/weinstock.htm
Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network
GIDEON - Provides information, including disease, therapy and vaccine lists, support and demo of GIDEON. Medical software for the fields of infectious diseases and microbiology targeted at doctors and lab specialists.
http://www.gideononline.com/
Infection Control
Recent literature abstracts on infection control updated every three months. From the Faculty of Medicine:UCL - Brussels, Belgium.
http://www.md.ucl.ac.be/entites/esp/hosp/infcon.htm
Infectious disease information
Information about infectious disease in overview form, provided by Aventis.
http://www.infection.aventis.com/default.htm
Know Your Enemy: Determining the Genetic Blueprint of Disease-Causing Microorganisms, NIAID Fact Sheet
A fact sheet from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) explaining, in simple terms, the objectives behind the finished and ongoing sequencing projects of pathogen genomes.
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/seqmicrobes.htm
Medical Microbiology
This site contains lecture notes for medical microbiology, infectious diseases, and immunology. Many files that may be helpful to students studying medical microbiology.
http://www.geocities.com/medmicro.geo/
Medical Microbiology Synopsis
Site provides an overview of medical microbiology for students of medicine. Typical and atypical microbial flora are listed per specimen source and characterized in flowchart diagrams that can be easily memorized.
http://members.tripod.com/MED_MOE
Microbiology at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
This site contains data on antimicrobial resistance in Canada, the incidence of serious disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae and group A streptococcus, sample clinical microbiology lab manuals, and microbiology and infectious diseases information
http://microbiology.mtsinai.on.ca
Parasitic Diseases, 4th Edition
A medical reference textbook for clinicians dealing with travelers.
http://www.parasiticdiseases.com/
Physiopathological role of microbial metallogeny
Metallic bioaccumulation of microbial origin, as pathogenic background in chronic diseases and malignancy. Fundamental research and therapeutic trials by isotherapy.
http://perso.club-internet.fr/splou
Reservoirs of Antibiotic Resistance Network
ROAR - Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics: A network, interactive database and information source organized around antibiotic resistance.
http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/ROAR/roarhome.htm
Reviews in Medical Microbiology
Journal of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Covering developments and techniques in medical microbiology, virology, mycology, parasitology, clinical microbiology, and hospital infection.
http://www.revmedmicrobiol.com
The Specter of Tuberculosis
In recognition of the importance of TB in terms of global health the Nature Medicine web focus brings you a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the field with Commentaries written by experts in the TB field especially for the site, summaries
http://www.nature.com/nm/special_focus/tb/
The United Kingdom National Culture collection
Over 70,000 micro-organisms and cell lines are available. The UKNCC co-ordinates the activities, marketing and research of the UK national service collections.
http://www.ukncc.co.uk/
Using DNA Microarrays to Study Host-Microbe Interactions
This article provides a detailed introduction to DNA microarray technology and their application to the identification of host-pathogen interactions and virulence factors.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol6no5/cummings.htm
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