Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Basic medical microbiology. Microbial taxonomy
Bacterial genetics, metabolism, and structure
Host-microorganism interactions
pt. 2. General principles in clinical microbiology. Laboratory safety
Specimen management
Role of Microscopy
Traditional cultivation and identification
Nucleic acid-based analytic methods for microbial identification and characterization
Overview of immunochemical methods used for organism detection
Principles of antimicrobial action and resistance
Laboratory methods and strategies for antimicrobial susceptibility testing
pt. 3. Bacteriology. Overview of bacterial identification methods and strategies
Staphylococcus, micrococcus, and similar organisms
Streptococuus, enterococcus, and similar organisms
Bacillus and similar organisms
Listeria, corynebacterium, and similar organisms
Erysipelothrix, lactobacillus, and similar organisms
Nocardia, streptomyces, rhodococcus, and similar organisms
Enterobacteriaceae
Acinetobacter, stenotrophomonas, and other organisms
Pseudomonas, burkholderia, and similar organisms Achromobacter, rhizobium, ochrobactrum, and similar organisms
Chryseobacterium, sphingobacterium, and similar organisms
Alcaligenes, bordetella (nonpertussis), comamonas, and similar organisms
Vibrio, aeromonas, and similar organisms
Sphingomonas paucimobilis and similar organisms
Moraxella
Eikenella corrodens and similar organisms
Pasteurella and similar organisms
Actinobacillus, kingella, cardiobacterium, capnocytophaga, and similar organisms
Haemophilus
Baronella and Afipia
Campylobacter, arcobacter, and helicobacter
Legionella
Brucella
Bordetella pertussis, bordetella parapertussis, and related species
Francisella
Streptobacillus moniliformis and spirillum minus
Neisseria and moraxella catarrhalis
Overview and general laboratory considerations
Overview of anaerobic organisms
Mycobacteria
Obligate intracellular and nonculturable bacterial agents
Cell wall-deficient bacteria: mycplasma and ureaplasma
The spirochetes. pt. 4. Parasitology. Overview of the methods and strategies in parasitology
Intestinal protozoa
Blood and tissue protozoa
Protozoa from other body sites
Intestinal nematodes
Tissue nematodes
Blood nematodes
Intestinal cestodes
Tissue cestodes
Intestinal trematodes
Liver and lung trematodes
Blood trematodes
pt. 5. Mycology. Overview of fungal identification methods and strategies
Hyaline molds, mucorales, entomophthorales, dermatophytes, and opportunistic and systemic mycoses
Dematiaceious (melanized) molds
Opportunistic atypical fungus: pneumocystis jirovecii
The yeasts
Antifungal susceptibility testing, therapy, and prevention
pt. 6. Virology. Overview of the methods and strategies in virology
Viruses in human disease
Antiviral therapy, susceptibility testing, and prevention
pt. 7. Diagnosis by organ system. Bloodstream infections
Infections of the lower respiratory tract
Upper respiratory tract infections and other infections of the oral cavity and neck
Meningitis and other infections of the central nervous system
Infections of the eyes, ears, and sinuses
Infections of the urinary tract
Genital tract infections
Gastrointestinal tract infections
Skin, soft tissue, and wound infections
Normally sterile body fluids, bone and bone marrow, and solid tissues
pt. 8. Clinical laboratory management. Quality in the clinical microbiology laboratory
Infection control
Sentinel laboratory response to bioterrorism

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