Infections, Infertility, and Assisted Reproduction

ART treatment is vulnerable to the hazard of potential infection from many different sources: patients, samples, staff and the environment. Culture of gametes and embryos in vitro provides multiple targets for transmission of potential infection, including the developing embryo, neighbouring gametes and embryos, the couple undergoing treatment and other couples being treated during the same period. This unique situation, with multifaceted opportunities for microbial growth and transmission, makes infection and contamination control absolutely crucial in the practice of assisted reproduction, and in the laboratory in particular. Originally published in 2004, this practical book provides a basic overview of microbiology in the context of ART, providing a 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.

ISBN 0521819105   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780521819107 (What's this?)   Pages 410 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Volumes 1 Imprint Cambridge University Press   Weight (grammes) 1080 Format Hardback   Published in Cambridge Publication date 09 Dec 2004   Height (mm) 246 Non-book description book   Width (mm) 189 Library of Congress RC889 .E375 2004   Spine width (mm) 40 DEWEY 616.69206   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

Pt. I		Overview of microbiology
1		Introduction		3
2		Bacteriology		21
3		Mycology : moulds and yeasts		90
4		Virology		105
5		Prions		122
6		Parasitology		131
Pt. II		Infections in reproductive medicine
7		Genital ulcer diseases		177
8		Vaginitis syndromes		199
9		Genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infections		215
10		Urethritis and cervicitis syndromes		220
11		Pathology of the upper genitourinary tract		243
12		Cytomegalovirus and blood-borne viruses		262
Pt. III		Infection and the assisted reproductive laboratory
13		Infection and contamination control in the ART laboratory		305
14		Handling infectious agents in the ART laboratory		332
15		Prevention : patient screening and the use of donor gametes		353

Review of the hardback: 'This book provides critical tools for understanding, preventing, and dealing with infections in the ART laboratory. I am not aware of any other single source that provides such a comprehensive overview of this complex, multifaceted topic.' Journal of Andrology

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