Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology. Edition: 15
Perfect your lab skills with the essential text for diagnostic microbiology! Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology, 15th Edition Is known as the #1 bench reference for practicing microbiologists and as the preeminent text for students in clinical laboratory science programs. With hundreds of full-color illustrations and step-by-step methods for procedures, this text provides a solid, basic understanding of diagnostic microbiology and also covers more advanced techniques such as matrix-assisted laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Written by noted CLS educator Dr. Patricia Tille, Diagnostic Microbiology has everything you need to get accurate lab test results in class and in clinical practice.
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Part IBasic Medical Microbiology
Chapter 1Microbial Taxonomy
Chapter 2Bacterial Genetics, Metabolism, and Structure
Chapter 3Host-Microorganism Interactions
Part IIGeneral Principles in Clinical Microbiology
Section 1Safety and Specimen Management
Chapter 4Laboratory Safety
Chapter 5Specimen Management
Section 2Approaches to Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
Chapter 6Role of Microscopy
Chapter 7Traditional Cultivation and Identification
Chapter 8Nucleic Acid-Based Analytic Methods for Microbial Identification and Characterization
Chapter 9Overview of Immunochemical Methods Used for Organism Detection
Section 3Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity
Chapter 10Principles of Antimicrobial Action & Resistance
Chapter 11Laboratory Methods and Strategies for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Part IIIBacteriology
Section 1Principles of Identification
Chapter 12Overview of Bacterial Identification Methods and Strategies
Section 2 Catalase-Positive, Gram-Positive Cocci
Chapter 13Staphylococcus, Micrococcus, and Similar Organisms
Section 3Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Cocci
Chapter 14Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and Similar Organisms
Section 4Non-Branching, Catalase-Positive, Gram-Positive Bacilli
Chapter 15Bacillus and Similar Organisms
Chapter 16Listeria, Corynebacterium, and Similar Organisms
Section 5Non-Branching, Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Bacilli
Chapter 17Erysipelothirix, Lactobacillus, and Similar Organisms
Section 6Branching or Partially Acid-Fast, Gram-Positive Bacilli
Chapter 18Nocardia, Streptomyces, Rhodococcus, and Similar Organisms
Section 7Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Positive, Oxidase-Negative)
Chapter 19Enterobacteriaceae
Chapter 20Acinetobacter, Stenotrophomonas, and Other Organisms
Section 8Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Positive, Oxidase-Positive)
Chapter 21Pseudomonas, Burkholderia, and Similar Organisms
Chapter 22Achromobacter, Rhizobium, Ochrobactrum, and Similar Organisms
Chapter 23Chryseobacterium, Sphingobacterium, and Similar Organisms
Chapter 24Alcaligenes, Bordetella (Nonpertussis), Comamonas, and Similar Organisms
Chapter 25Vibrio, Aeromonas, Plesiomonas shigelloides, and Chromobacterium violaceum
Section 9Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Negative, Oxidase-Positive)
Chapter 26Sphingomonas paucimobilis and Similar Organisms
Chapter 27Moraxella
Chapter 28Eikenella corrodens and Similar Organisms
Chapter 29Pasteurella and Similar Organisms
Chapter 30Actinobacillus, Kingella, Cardiobacterium, Capnocytophaga, and Similar Organisms
Section 10Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Negative, Oxidase-Variable)
Chapter 31Haemophilus
Section 11Gram-Negative Bacilli that are Optimally Recovered on Special Media
Chapter 32Bartonella and Afipia
Chapter 33Campylobacter, Arcobacter, and Helicobacter
Chapter 34Legionella
Chapter 35Brucella
Chapter 36Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis
Chapter 37Francisella
Chapter 38Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus
Section 12Gram-Negative Cocci
Chapter 39Neisseria and Moraxella catarrhalis
Section 13Anaerobic Bacteriology
Chapter 40Overview and General Considerations
Chapter 41Laboratory Considerations
Section 14Mycobacteria and Other Bacteria with Unusual Growth Requirements
Chapter 42Mycobacteria
Chapter 43Obligate Intracellular and Nonculturable Bacterial Agents
Chapter 44Cell Wall-Deficient Bacteria: Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma
Chapter 45The Spirochetes
Part IVParasitology
Chapter 46Overview of the Methods and Strategies in Parasitology
Chapter 47 Intestinal Protozoa
Chapter 48Blood and Tissue Protoza
Chapter 49Protozoa from Other Body Sites
Chapter 50 Intestinal Nematodes
Chapter 51Tissue Nematodes
Chapter 52Blood Nematodes
Chapter 53 Intestinal Cestodes
Chapter 54Tissue Cestodes
Chapter 55Intestinal Trematodes
Chapter 56 Liver and Lung Trematodes
Chapter 57Blood Trematodes
Part VMycology
Chapter 58Overview of Fungal Identification Methods and Strategies
Chapter 59Hyaline Molds, Zygomycetes, Dermatophytes, and Opportunitistic and Systemic Mycoses
Chapter 60Dematiaceious Molds
Chapter 61Opportunistic Atypical Fungs: P. jiroveci
Chapter 62The Yeasts
Chapter 63Antifungal Susceptibility Testing, Therapy and Prevention
Part VIVirology
Chapter 64Overview of the Methods and Strategies in Virology
Chapter 65Viruses in Human Disease
Chapter 66Antiviral Therapy, Susceptibility Testing and Prevention
Part VIIDiagnosis by Organ System
Chapter 67Bloodstream Infections
Chapter 68Infections of the Lower Respiratory Tract
Chapter 69Upper Respiratory Tract Infections and Other Infections of the Oral Cavity and Neck
Chapter 70Meningitis and Other Infections of the Central Nervous Systems
Chapter 71Infections of the Eyes, Ears, and Sinuses
Chapter 72Infections of the Urinary Tract
Chapter 73Genital Tract Infections
Chapter 74Gastrointestinal Tract Infections
Chapter 75Skin, Soft Tissue, and Wound Infections
Chapter 76Normally Sterile Body Fluids, Bone and Bone Marrow, and Solid Tissues
Part VIIIClinical Laboratory Management
Chapter 77Quality in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Chapter 78Infection Control
Chapter 79Sentinel Laboratory Response to Bioterrorism
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