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Table of Contents<br/>PART I: BASIC MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY<br/>1. Microbial Taxonomy<br/>2. Bacterial Genetics, Metabolism, and Structure<br/>3. Host-Microorganism Interactions<br/>PART II: GENERAL PRINCIPLES IN CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY<br/>Section 1: Safety and Specimen Management<br/>4. Laboratory Safety<br/>5. Specimen Management<br/>Section 2: Approaches to Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases<br/>6. Role of Microscopy<br/>7. Traditional Cultivation and Identification<br/>8. Nucleic Acid-Based Analytic Methods for Microbial Identification and Characterization<br/>9. Overview of Immunochemical Methods Used for Organism Detection<br/>Section 3: Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity<br/>10. Principles of Antimicrobial Action & Resistance<br/>11. Laboratory Methods and Strategies for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing<br/>PART III: BACTERIOLOGY<br/>Section 1: Principles of Identification<br/>12. Overview of Bacterial Identification Methods and Strategies<br/>Section 2: Catalase-Positive, Gram-Positive Cocci<br/>13. Staphylococcus, Micrococcus, and Similar Organisms<br/>Section 3: Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Cocci<br/>14. Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and Similar Organisms<br/>Section 4: Non-Branching, Catalase-Positive, Gram-Positive Bacilli<br/>15. Bacillus and Similar Organisms<br/>16. Listeria, Corynebacterium, and Similar Organisms<br/>Section 5: Non-Branching, Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Bacilli<br/>17. Erysipelothirix, Lactobacillus, and Similar Organisms<br/>Section 6: Branching or Partially Acid-Fast, Gram-Positive Bacilli<br/>18. Nocardia, Streptomyces, Rhodococcus, and Similar Organisms<br/>Section 7: Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Positive, Oxidase-Negative)<br/>19. Enterobacteriaceae<br/>20. Acinetobacter, Stenotrophomonas, and Other Organisms<br/>Section 8: Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Positive, Oxidase-Positive)<br/>21. Pseudomonas, Burkholderia, and Similar Organisms<br/>22. Achromobacter, Rhizobium, Ochrobactrum, and Similar Organisms<br/>23. Chryseobacterium, Sphingobacterium, and Similar Organisms<br/>24. Alcaligenes, Bordetella (Nonpertussis), Comamonas, and Similar Organisms<br/>25. Vibrio, Aeromonas, Plesiomonas shigelloides, and Chromobacterium violaceum<br/>Section 9: Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Negative, Oxidase-Positive)<br/>26. Sphingomonas paucimobilis and Similar Organisms<br/>27. Moraxella<br/>28. Eikenella corrodens and Similar Organisms<br/>29. Pasteurella and Similar Organisms<br/>30. Actinobacillus, Kingella, Cardiobacterium, Capnocytophaga, and Similar Organisms<br/>Section 10: Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Negative, Oxidase-Variable)<br/>31. Haemophilus<br/>Section 11: Gram-Negative Bacilli that are Optimally Recovered on Special Media<br/>32. Bartonella and Afipia<br/>33. Campylobacter, Arcobacter, and Helicobacter<br/>34. Legionella<br/>35. Brucella<br/>36. Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis<br/>37. Francisella<br/>38. Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus<br/>Section 12: Gram-Negative Cocci<br/>39. Neisseria and Moraxella catarrhalis<br/>Section 13: Anaerobic Bacteriology<br/>40. Overview and General Considerations<br/>41. Overview of Anaerobic Organisms<br/>Section 14: Mycobacteria and Other Bacteria with Unusual Growth Requirements<br/>42. Mycobacteria<br/>43. Obligate Intracellular and Nonculturable Bacterial Agents<br/>44. Cell Wall-Deficient Bacteria: Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma<br/>45. The Spirochetes<br/>PART IV: PARASITOLOGY<br/>46. Overview of the Methods and Strategies in Parasitology<br/>47. Intestinal Protozoa<br/>48. Blood and Tissue Protoza<br/>49. Protozoa from Other Body Sites<br/>50. Intestinal Nematodes<br/>51. Tissue Nematodes<br/>52. Blood and Tissue Filarial Nematodes<br/>53. Intestinal Cestodes<br/>54. Tissue Cestodes<br/>55. Intestinal Trematodes<br/>56. Liver and Lung Trematodes<br/>57. Blood Trematodes<br/>PART V: MYCOLOGY<br/>58. Overview of Fungal Identification Methods and Strategies<br/>59. Hyaline Molds, Zygomycetes, Dermatophytes, and Opportunistic and Systemic Mycoses<br/>60. Dematiaceious Molds<br/>61. Opportunistic Atypical Fungus: P. jiroveci<br/>62. The Yeasts<br/>63. Antifungal Susceptibility Testing, Therapy and Prevention<br/>PART VI: VIROLOGY<br/>64. Overview of the Methods and Strategies in Virology<br/>65. Viruses in Human Disease<br/>66. Antiviral Therapy, Susceptibility Testing and Prevention<br/>PART VII: DIAGNOSIS BY ORGAN SYSTEM<br/>67. Bloodstream Infections<br/>68. Infections of the Lower Respiratory Tract<br/>69. Upper Respiratory Tract Infections and Other Infections of the Oral Cavity and Neck<br/>70. Meningitis and Other Infections of the Central Nervous Systems<br/>71. Infections of the Eyes, Ears, and Sinuses<br/>72. Infections of the Urinary Tract<br/>73. Genital Tract Infections<br/>74. Gastrointestinal Tract Infections<br/>75. Skin, Soft Tissue, and Wound Infections<br/>76. Normally Sterile Body Fluids, Bone and Bone Marrow, and Solid Tissues<br/>PART VIII: CLINICAL LABORATORY MANAGEMENT<br/>77. Quality in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory<br/>78. Infection Control<br/>79. Sentinel Laboratory Response to Bioterrorism<br/>Glossary |