Textbook of diagnostic microbiology /
[edited by] Connie R. Mahon, MS, Director, Staff and Organization Development, Health Resources and Services Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Rockville, Maryland, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Clinical Research and Leadership, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, Donald C. Lehman, EdD, MT(ASCP), SM(NRM), Associate Professor, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, George Manuselis, MA, MT(ASCP), Emeritus, Medical Technology Division, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Natural Sciences and Forensic Science, Central Ohio Technical College, Newark, Ohio.
- Fifth edition.
- xvii, 1076 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bacterial cell structure, physiology, metabolism, and genetics -- Host-parasite interaction -- The Laboratory role in infection control -- Control of microorganisms -- Performance improvement in the microbiology laboratory -- Specimen collection and processing -- Microscopic examination of materials from infected sites -- Use of colony morphology for the presumptive identification of microorganisms -- Biochemical identification of gram-negative bacteria -- Immunodiagnosis of infectious diseases -- Applications of molecular diagnostics -- Antimicrobial agent mechanisms of action and resistance -- Antimicrobial susceptibility testing -- Staphylococci -- Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and other catalase-negative, gram-positive cocci -- Aerobic gram-positive bacilli -- Neisseria species and Moraxella catarrhalis -- Haemophilus and other fastidious gram-negative bacilli -- Enterobacteriaceae -- Vibrio, Aeromonas, Plesiomonas, and Campylobacter species -- Nonfermenting and miscellaneous gram-negative bacilli -- Anaerobes of clinical importance -- The Spirochetes -- Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and similar organisms -- Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria -- Medically significant fungi -- Diagnostic parasitology -- Clinical virology -- Agents of bioterror and forensic microbiology -- Biofilms: architects of disease -- Upper and lower respiratory tract infections -- Skin and soft tissue infections -- Gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning -- Infections of the central nervous system -- Bacteremia and sepsis -- Urinary tract infections -- Genital infections and sexually transmitted infections -- Infections in special populations -- Zoonotic diseases -- Ocular infections.