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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