Infections, Infertility, and Assisted Reproduction [Paperback]

This book, first published in 2004, is an essential publication for all IVF and ART clinics and laboratories.ART treatment is vulnerable to the hazard of potential infection from many different sources: patients, samples, staff, and the environment. This unique and practical book provides a basic overview of microbiology in the context of ART, providing an up-to-date guide to infections in reproductive medicine. The relevant facets of the complex and vast field of microbiology are condensed and focused, highlighting information that is crucial for safe practice in both clinical and laboratory aspects of ART. This is an essential publication for all ART clinics and laboratories.ART treatment is vulnerable to the hazard of potential infection from many different sources: patients, samples, staff, and the environment. This unique and practical book provides a basic overview of microbiology in the context of ART, providing an up-to-date guide to infections in reproductive medicine. The relevant facets of the complex and vast field of microbiology are condensed and focused, highlighting information that is crucial for safe practice in both clinical and laboratory aspects of ART. This is an essential publication for all ART clinics and laboratories.Assisted Reproduction Treatment (ART) is susceptible to the hazard of potential infection from many different sources: patients, samples, staff, and the environment. This practical book presents a basic overview of microbiology in the context of ART, and also constitutes an up-to-date guide to infections in reproductive medicine. The relevant facets of the complex and vast field of microbiology are condensed and focused, highlighting information that is crucial for safe practice in both clinical and laboratory aspects of ART.Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Overview of Microbiology: 1. Introduction; 2. Bacteriology; 3. Mycology: moulds and yeasts; 4. Virology; 5. Prions; 6. Parasitology; Part II. Infections in Reproductive l³.