Cumitechs were consensus reports in booklet form on topics of special interest to clinical microbiology laboratories. We are systematically updating Cumitechs, and these revised documents are now named Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology (PGCM) and are published in Clinical Microbiology Reviews. These PGCM documents provide general guidance for clinical microbiologists, emphasizing current diagnostic methods and their appropriate implementation.

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Cumitechs titles (* indicates a title now available as an updated PGCM):

• Cumitech 1C: Blood Cultures IV.*
• Cumitech 2C: Laboratory Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections.
• Cumitech 3B: Quality Systems in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory.*
• Cumitech 7B: Lower Respiratory Tract Infections.
• Cumitech 10A: Laboratory Diagnosis of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections.
• Cumitech 12A: Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Diarrhea.*
• Cumitech 13B: Laboratory Diagnosis of Ocular Infections.*
• Cumitech 16A: Laboratory Diagnosis of the Mycobacterioses.*
• Cumitech 18A: Laboratory Diagnosis of Hepatitis Viruses.
• Cumitech 21: Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Respiratory Disease.*
• Cumitech 23: Infections of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues.
• Cumitech 24: Rapid Detection of Viruses by Immunofluorescence.
• Cumitech 26: Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Infections Producing Enteritis.
• Cumitech 27: Laboratory Diagnosis of Zoonotic Infections: Bacterial Infections Obtained From Companion and Laboratory Animals.
• Cumitech 28: Laboratory Diagnosis of Zoonotic Infections.
• Cumitech 29: Laboratory Safety in Clinical Microbiology.
• Cumitech 30A: Selection and Use of Laboratory Procedures for Diagnosis of Parasitic Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract.*
• Cumitech 31A: Verification and Validation of Procedures in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory.
• Cumitech 32: Laboratory Diagnosis of Zoonotic Infections.
• Cumitech 33: Biological Agents Associated with Bioterrorism.
• Cumitech 34: Laboratory Diagnosis of Mycoplasmal Infections.
• Cumitech 35: Postmortem Microbiology.
• Cumitech 36: Biosafety Considerations for Large-Scale Production of Microorganisms.
• Cumitech 37: Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial and Fungal Infections Common to Humans, Livestock, and Wildlife.
• Cumitech 38: Human Cytomegalovirus.
• Cumitech 39: Competency Assessment in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory.
• Cumitech 40: Packing and Shipping of Diagnostic Specimens and Infectious Substance.
• Cumitech 41: Detection and Prevention of Clinical Microbiology Laboratory-Associated Errors.
• Cumitech 42: Infections in Hemopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients.
• Cumitech 43: Cystic Fibrosis Microbiology.*
• Cumitech 44: Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
• Cumitech 45: Infections in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients.
• Cumitech 46: Laboratory Procedures for Diagnosis of Blood-Borne Parasitic Diseases.

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