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xiii, 690, [43] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Preface -- Introduction -- Section I. General Topics in Microbiology: -- 1. Introduction to the Study of Microorganisms -- 2. Characteristics and Classifications of Microorganisms -- 3. The Infectious Disease Process -- 4. Epidemiology of Infectious Disease -- 5. Safety in the CLinical Microbiology Laboratory -- 6. Immunologic and Molecular Techniques -- 7. Quality Assurance in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory -- 8. Automation in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory -- 9. Antimicrobial Agents and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing -- Section II. Bacteriology: -- Part 1. General Methods for Identification of Bacteria -- 10. Microsopic and Cultural Techniques for Bacterial Identifaction -- 11. Staphylococcus and Related Aerobic Gram Positive COCCI -- 12. Streptococcus and Related Aerobic Gram Positive COCCI -- 13. Aerobic Gram Positive Bacilli, CoccoBacillli, and Coryneform Bacilli -- 14. Aerobic Actinomycetes -- 15. Neisseria and Other Aerobic Gram Negative COCCI -- 16. Hemophilus -- 17. Miscellaneous Fastidious Aerobic and Facultative Gram Negative Bacilli and COccobacilli -- 18. Gram Negative Enteric Bacilli -- 19. Non-Fermenting Aerobic Gram Negative Bacilli -- 20. Vibrio and Other Curved Aerobic Gram Negative Bacilli -- 21. Gram Negative Anaerobic Bacteria -- 22. Gram Positive Anaerobic Bacteria -- 23. Mycobacteria -- 24. Spirochetes -- 25. Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, and Rickettsia -- 26. New and Emerging, Unusal or Difficult to Cultivatebacteria Species -- Section 2. Isolation and Identifaction of Bacteria From Clinical Specimens -- 27. Processing and Interpretation of Cultures from Clinical Specimens -- 28. Cerebral Spinal Fluid and Other Body Fluids -- 29. Blood Cultures -- 30. The Respiratory Tract -- 31. Eye, Ear and Sinus Tracts -- 32. The Urinary Tract -- 33. The Genital Tract. CHATPER 34: The Gastrointestinal Tract -- 35. Skin Infections -- 36. Deep Tissue and Internal Organ Sites -- Section III. Mycology -- 37. Basic Concepts an Techniques in Mycology -- 38. Collection and Processing of Fungul Specimens -- 39. Dermatophytes and Other Agents of Superficial Mycoses -- 40. Agents of Subcutaneous Mycoses -- 41. Systems Dimorphic Fungi -- 42. Opportunistic Fungi -- 43. Saprobic Fungi Encountered in Clinical Specimens -- 44. Yeasts -- Section IV. Parasitology -- 45. Basic Concepts and Techniques in Parasitology -- 46. Specimen Collection and Processing for Parasite Examination -- 47. Intestinal and Aterial Protozoans -- 48. Plasmodia and Other Blood and Tissue Protozoans -- 49. Intestinal Helminths -- 50. Blood and Tissue Helminths -- Section V. Virology -- 51. Basic Concepts and Techniques in Virology -- 52. Specimen Collection and Processing of Viral Specimens -- 53. Clinically Significant Viruses and their Identifications -- 54. Emerging Viral Infections -- Glossary.
[edited by] Lisa Anne Shimeld ; consultant, Anne T. Rodgers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.