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Test Bank For Textbook Of Diagnostic Microbiology
7th
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Edition By Connie R. Mahon
Chapters 1 - 41
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Mahon: Textbook of Diagnostic
Microbiology, 7th Edition Test
Bank
Table of contents
Part 1: Introduction to Clinical Microbiology
Chapter 1. Bacterial Cell Structure, Physiology,
Metabolism, and Genetics
Chapter 2. Host-Parasite Interaction
Chapter 3. The Laboratory Role in Infection Control
Chapter 4. Control of Microorganisms: Disinfection,
Sterilization, and Microbiology Safety
Chapter 5. Performance Improvement in the
Microbiology Laboratory
Chapter 6. Specimen Collection and Processing
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Chapter 7. Microscopic Examination of Materials
from Infected Sites
Chapter 8. Use of Colony Morphology for the
Presumptive Identification of Microorganisms
Chapter 9. Biochemical Identification of Gram-
Negative Bacteria
Chapter 10. Immunodiagnosis of Infectious Diseases
Chapter 11. Applications of Molecular Diagnostics
Chapter 12. Antibacterial Mechanisms of Action and
Bacterial Resistance Mechanisms
Chapter 13. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Part 2: Laboratory Identification of Significant
Isolates
Chapter 14. Staphylococci
Chapter 15. Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and Other
Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Cocci
Chapter 16. Aerobic Gram-Positive Bacilli
Chapter 17. Neisseria Species and Moraxella
catarrhalis
Chapter 18. Haemophilus, HACEK, Legionella and
Other Fastidious Gram-Negative Bacilli
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