Contains the principles and practices of clinical microbiology-bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, and virology. This book presents tests according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute format. It includes guidelines for cost-effective, clinically relevant evaluation of clinical specimens, and, over 600 color plates.
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Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction to Microbiology, Part 1: The Role of the Microbiology Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: Guidelines to Practice and Management Chapter 2: Introduction to Microbiology, Part 2: Guidelines for the Collection, Transport, Processing, Analysis, and Reporting of Cultures from Specific Specimen Sources Chapter 3: Laboratory Diagnosis by Immunologic Methods Chapter 4: Molecular Microbiology Chapter 5: Medical Bacteriology: Taxonomy, Morphology, Physiology, and Virulence Chapter 6: The Enterobacteriaceae Chapter 7: The Nonfermentative Gram-Negative Bacilli Chapter 8: Curved Gram-Negative Bacilli and Oxidase-Positive Fermenters: Campylobacteraceae and Vibrionaceae Chapter 9: Miscellaneous Fastidious Gram-Negative Bacilli Chapter 10: Legionella Chapter 11: Neisseria Species and Moraxella catarrhalis Chapter 12: Gram-Positive Cocci, Part 1: Staphylococci and Related Gram-Positive Cocci Chapter 13: Gram-Positive Cocci, Part 2: Streptococci, Enterococci, and the "Streptococcis-Like" Bacteria Chapter 14: Aerobic and Facultative Gram-Positive Bacilli Chapter 15: Aerobic Actinomycetes Chapter 16: The Anaerobic Bacteria Chapter 17: Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Chapter 18: Mycoplasmas and Ureaplasmas Chapter 19: Mycobacteria Chapter 20: Spirochetal Infections Chapter 21: Mycology Chapter 22: Parasitology Chapter 23: Diagnosis of Infections Caused by Viruses, Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and Related Organisms Appendix I: Ectoparasites and Other Invertebrates in the Clinical Laboratory: A Brief Guide Appendix II: Free-Living Amebae Charts Color Plates Index