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Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology. Edition: 16

Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology. Edition: 16

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Perfect your lab skills with the essential text for diagnostic microbiology! Bailey & Scott’s Diagnostic Microbiology, 16th Edition Is known as the #1 bench reference for practicing microbiologists and 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 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 I Basic Medical Microbiology
1. Microbial Taxonomy
2. Bacterial Genetics, Metabolism, and Structure
3. Host-Microorganism Interactions
Part II General Principles in Clinical Microbiology
Section 1 Safety and Specimen Management
4. Laboratory Safety
5. Specimen Management
Section 2 Approaches to Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
6. Role of Microscopy
7. Overview of Cultivation and Systems for Identification
8. Nucleic Acid-Based Analytic Methods for Microbial Identification and Characterization
9. Overview of Immunochemical Methods Used for Organism Detection
Section 3 Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity
10. Principles of Antimicrobial Action and Resistance
11. Laboratory Methods and Strategies for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Part III Bacteriology
Section 1 Principles of Identification
12. Overview of Bacterial Identification Methods and Strategies
Section 2 Catalase-Positive, Gram-Positive Cocci
13. Staphylococcus, Micrococcus, and Similar Organisms
Section 3 Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Cocci
14. Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and Similar Organisms
Section 4 Non-Branching, Catalase-Positive, Gram-Positive Bacilli
15. Bacillus and Similar Organisms
16. Listeria, Corynebacterium, and Similar Organisms
Section 5 Nonbranching, Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Bacilli
17. Erysipelothrix, Lactobacillus, and Similar Organisms
Section 6 Branching or Partially Acid-Fast, Gram-Positive Bacilli
18. Nocardia, Streptomyces, Rhodococcus, and Similar Organisms
Section 7 Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Positive, Oxidase-Negative)
19. Enterobacterales
20. Acinetobacter, Stenotrophomonas, and Other Organisms
Section 8 Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Positive, Oxidase-Positive)
21. Pseudomonas, Burkholderia, and Similar Organisms
22. Achromobacter, Rhizobium, Ochrobactrum, and Similar Organisms
23. Chryseobacterium, Sphingobacterium, and Similar Organisms
24. Alcaligenes, Comamonas, and Similar Organisms
25. Vibrio, Aeromonas, Plesiomonas shigelloides, and and Chromobacterium violaceum
Section 9 Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Negative, Oxidase-Positive)
26. Sphingomonas and Similar Organisms
27. Moraxella and Neisseria spp.
28. Eikenella corrodens and Similar Organisms
29. Pasteurella and Similar Organisms
30. Actinobacillus, Kingella, Cardiobacterium, Capnocytophaga, and Similar Organisms
Section 10 Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Negative, Oxidase-Variable)
31. Haemophilus
Section 11 Gram-Negative Bacilli that are Optimally Recovered on Special Media
32. Bartonella
33. Campylobacter, Arcobacter, and Helicobacter
34. Legionella
35. Brucella
36. Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis
37. Francisella
38. Streptobacillus spp. and Similar Organisms
Section 12 Gram-Negative Cocci
39. Neisseria and Moraxella catarrhalis
Section 13 Anaerobic Bacteriology
40. Overview and General Laboratory Considerations
41. Overview of Anaerobic Organisms
Section 14 Mycobacteria and Other Bacteria with Unusual Growth Requirements
42. Mycobacteria
43. Obligate Intracellular and Nonculturable Bacterial Agents
44. Cell Wall-Deficient Bacteria: Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma
45. The Spirochetes
Part IV Parasitology
46. Overview of the Methods and Strategies in Parasitology
47. Intestinal Protozoa
48. Blood and Tissue Protozoa
49. Protozoa From Other Body Sites
50. Intestinal Nematodes
51. Tissue Nematodes
52. Blood and Tissue Filarial Nematodes
53. Intestinal Cestodes
54. Tissue Cestodes
55. Intestinal Trematodes
56. Liver and Lung Trematodes
57. Blood Trematodes
Part V Mycology
58. Overview of Fungal Identification Methods and Strategies
59. Hyaline Molds, Mucorales, Basidiobolales, Entomophthorales, Dermatophytes, and Opportunistic and Systemic Mycoses
60. Dematiaceous Molds
61. Pneumocystis jirovecii, Lagenidium, Paralegenidium, Pythium, Rhinosporidium and Uncultivated Paracoccidioides
62. The Yeasts and Yeastlike Organisms
63. Antifungal Susceptibility Testing, Therapy, and Prevention
Part VI Virology
64. Overview of the Methods and Strategies in Virology
65. Viruses and Prions in Human Disease
66. Antiviral Therapy, Susceptibility Testing, and Prevention
Part VII Diagnosis by Organ System
67. Bloodstream Infections
68. Infections of the Lower Respiratory Tract
69. Upper Respiratory Tract Infections and Other Infections of the Oral Cavity and Neck
70. Meningitis and Other Infections of the Central Nervous System
71. Infections of the Eyes, Ears, and Sinuses
72. Infections of the Urinary Tract
73. Genital Tract Infections
74. Gastrointestinal Tract Infections
75. Skin, Soft Tissue, and Wound Infections
76. Normally Sterile Body Fluids, Bone and Bone Marrow, and Solid Tissues
Part VIII Clinical Laboratory Management
77. Quality in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
78. Infection Prevention and Control
79. Sentinel Laboratory Response to Bioterrorism
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      9780443118913
    • UPC/ISBN
      9780443118913
    • Stock Last Checked
      Jul 17, 2026
  • Manufacturer
    Elsevier
  • Publication Date
    Feb 18, 2025
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