- 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.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 - 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/ - 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 - 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 for professionals and the public. http://microbiology.mtsinai.on.ca - 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 Flesh-eating Bacteria
Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A streptococcus) Manifestations of the diseases caused by Group A streptoccoci. http://www.ha.org.hk/qmh/micro/strept.htm - 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 of the latest research articles, and Nature Medicine papers. 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/ |