FROM THE PUBLISHERLong considered the definitive work in its field, this new edition presents all the principles and practices readers need for a solid grounding in all aspects of clinical microbiology acteriology, mycology, parasitology, and virology. Tests are presented according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (formerly NCCLS) format.
Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. Introduction to Microbiology Part Ⅰ The Role of the Microbiology Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases : Guidelines to Practice and ManagementCHAPTER 2. Introduction to Microbiology Part Ⅱ Guidelines for the Collection, Transport, Processing, Analysis, and Reporting of Cultures from Specific Specimen SourcesCHAPTER 3. Laboratory Diagnosis by Immunologic MethodsCHAPTER 4. Molecular MicrobiologyCHAPTER 5. Medical Bacteriology : Taxonomy, Morphology, Physiology, and VirulenceCHAPTER 6. The EnterobacteriaceaeCHAPTER 7. The Nonfermentative Gram-Negative BacilliCHAPTER 8. Curved Gram-Negative Bacilli and Oxidase-Positive Fermenters : Campylobacteraceae and VibrionaceaeCHAPTER 9. Miscellaneous Fastidious Gram-Negative BacilliCHAPTER 10. LegionellaCHAPTER 11. Neisseria Species and Moraxella catarrhalisCHAPTER 12. Gram-Positive Cocci Part Ⅰ Staphylococci and Related Gram-Positive CocciCHAPTER 13. Gram-Positive Cocci : Part Ⅱ Streptococci, Enterococci, and the “Streptococcus-Like” BacteriaCHAPTER 14. Aerobic and Facultative Gram-Positive BacilliCHAPTER 15. Aerobic ActinomycetesCHAPTER 16. The Anaerobic BacteriaCHAPTER 17. Antimicrobial Susceptibility TestingCHAPTER 18. Mycoplasmas and UreaplasmasCHAPTER 19. MycobacteriaCHAPTER 20. Spirochetal InfectionsCHAPTER 21. MycologyCHAPTER 22. ParasitologyCHAPTER 23. Diagnosis of Infections Caused by Viruses, Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and Related OrganismsAppendix Ⅰ. Ectoparasites and Other Invertebrates in the Clinical Laboratory : A Brief GuideAppendix Ⅱ. Free-Living AmebaeChartsColor PlatesIndex