Textbook of diagnostic microbiology / edited by Connie R. Mahon, M. S. Director, Organization development (Retired), Health Resources and Services Administration, learning Institute, Rockville, Maryland, Adjunct Assistant Professor, medical laboratory sciences, integrative Health Sciences Department, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC. and Donald C. Lehman, Ed.D., MLS (ASCP), SM (NRCM), Associate Professor, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Introduction to clinical microbiology Bacterial cell structure, physiology, metabolism, and genetics Host-parasite interaction The laboratory role in infection control Control of microorganisms: disinfection, sterilization, and microbiology safety 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 Antibacterial mechanisms of action and bacterial resistance mechanisms Antimicrobial susceptibility testing Part II: Laboratory identification of significant isolates Staphylococci Streptococcus, enterococcus, and other catalase-negative, gram-positive cocci Aerobic gram-positive bacilli Neisseria species and moraxella catarrhalis Haemophilus, HACEK, legionella and other fastidious gram-negative bacilli Enterobacteriaceae Vibrio, aeromonas, 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 Part III: Laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases: and organ system approach to diagnostic microbiology 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 Appendix A: Selected bacteriologic culture media B: Selected mycology media, fluids, and stains C: Selected procedures D: Answers to learning assessment questions

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