Educational Literature Resource List
This list is ment as an educational base to clinical biologists in training to help them with the typical responsibilities during their rotation (authorisation, validation, advise, clinical rounds, etc…) in different subdisciplines in laboratory medicine.  It is created and maintained in consensus with the responsible staff members.
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Bacteriology 
Borrelia

Lyme (CBO richtlijn 2003)

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Clostridium

National Clostridium difficile Standards Group: Report to the Department of Health;2003

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Francisella

Francisella tularensis (Tularemia)(LCI infectieziektenprotokol 2002)

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Leptospirose

Leptospirosen (LCI infectieziektenprotokol 2000)

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Syphilis

Syphilis (incl. addendum zwangerschap en diagnostiek)(LCI infectieziektenprotokol 2004)

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Syphilis

Syphilis: Evaluating Patients For Primary Syphilis: flowchart (California STD Training Center 2003)

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Syphilis

Syphilis: Evaluating Patients For Secondary Syphilis: flowchart (California STD Training Center 2003)

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Occupational risk

Laboratory-Acquired Infections: Are Microbiologist at Risk? Clinical Microbiology Newsletter 28:1, 2006.

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Mycology
Aspergillus

Laboratory diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis; The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 5, Issue 10, October 2005, Pages 609-622 

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Aspergillus

Invasive aspergillosis in the intensive care unit

Identification

Rapid Identification of Bacteria and Yeast: Summary of a National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards Proposed Guideline; CID, 2001;33:220-225

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Identification

Optimization of the cutoff value for the Aspergillus double-sandwich enzyme

Fungal infections

The Changing Landscape of Invasive Fungal Infections: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Pharmacologic Options; CID 2006, 43, supplement 1.

Fungal infections

Invasive Fungal Pathogens: Current Epidemiological Trends

Fungal infections

Contemporary Tools for the Diagnosis and Management of Invasive Mycoses

Fungal infections

Pharmacology of Systemic Antifungal Agents

Fungal infections

Vulvovaginal candidosis

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Parasitology
Toxoplasma

Toxoplasmosis (Seminar); Lancet, 2004 Jun 12;363(9425):1965-76

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Virology/ Serology 
Adenovirus 

Adenovirusinfecties (LCI infectieziektenprotokol 2004)

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Chlamydia

Chlamydia trachomatis als SOA (LCI infectieziektenprotokol 2000)

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CMV

Diagnosis and Management of Human Cytomegalovirus Infection in the Mother, Fetus, and Newborn Infant (CMR 2002)

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CMV

CMV (LCI infectieziektenprotokol 2001)

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CMV

Diagnosis and Screening for Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pregnant Women; JCM, 2005, 4713-4718.

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Dengue

Dengue, an update; The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2002, Pages 33-42

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Donor screening

Cadaver Donor Screening fo Infections Agents in Solid Organ Transplantation

EBV

Routine Epstein-Barr Virus Diagnostics from the Laboratory Perspective: Still Challenging after 35 Years (review)(JCM 2004)

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Enterovirus

Hand-, voet- en mondziekte (LCI infectieziektenprotokol 2000)

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Hantavirus

Hantavirus: Hantavirus Infections in Europe (review)(LID 2003)

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HAV

Hepatitis A (LCI infectieziektenprotokol 2003)

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HBV

Hepatitis B (incl. addendum HBV in zwangerschap)(LCI infectieziektenprotokol 2003)

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HBV

A Comprehensive Immunization Strategy to Eliminate Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States (CDC, 2005)

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HCV

Guidelines for Laboratory Testing and Result Reporting of Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus (CDC 2003)

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HCV

The role of the virology laboratory in the management of hepatitis C virus infection (review)(Journal of Clinical Virology 25 (2002) 3–13)

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HEV

Hepatitis E (+ diapresentatie)(CAT Apr. T. Spiritus 2004)

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HIV

HIV-infectie; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (Aids) (LCI infectieziektenprotokol 2005)

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HIV

HIV: Management of HIV in pregnancy (RCOG guideline 2004) 

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HSV

HSV: Guidelines for the Use of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Type 2 Serologies (+ summary) (California STD Training Center 2003)

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Influenza

Influenza (LCI infectieziektenprotokol 2003)

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Mumpsvirus 

Mazelen virus: (LCI infectieziektenprotokol 2000)

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Norovirus

Norovirusinfectie (LCI infectieziektenprotokol 2002) 

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Parvovirus

Parvovirus B19: (Erythema infectiosum, 5e ziekte)(LCI infectieziektenprotokol 2000)

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Polyomavirus

BK Virus: A Clinical Review; Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2001;33:191-202

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RSV

RSV (LCI infectieziektenprotokol 2000)

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Rubella

Rubella (LCI infectieziektenprotokol 2006)

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Rubella

Rubella diagnostiek: methode en confirmatietesting; CAT 2006

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SARS

SARS (LCI infectieziektenprotokol 2005)

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TDM

Guidelines for laboratory monitoring of treatment of persistent virus infections; J Clin Virol. 2002 Jul;25(1):73-92

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VZV

Varicella Zoster (CBO richtlijn 2003)

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QC Real time PCR

Real-Time PCR in Clinical Microbiology: Verification, Validation, and Contamination Control

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