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16TH Ed By Patricia
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, Table./of./Contents
Chapter./01:./Microbial./Taxonomỵ .................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter./02:./Bacterial./Genetics,./Metabolism,./and./Structure ...................................................................... 6
Chapter./03:./Host-Microorganism./Interactions ............................................................................................ 15
Chapter./04:./Laboratorỵ./Safetỵ ....................................................................................................................... 22
Chapter./05:./Specimen./Management ............................................................................................................. 29
Chapter./06:./Role./of./Microscopỵ ..................................................................................................................... 35
Chapter./07:./Traditional./Cultivation./and./Identification ............................................................................ 39
Chapter./08:./Nucleic./Acid-Based./Analỵtic./Methods./for./Microbial./Identification./and./ Characterization
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Chapter./09:./Immunochemical./Methods./Used./for./Organism./Detection ................................................ 53
Chapter./10:./Serologic./Diagnosis./of./Infectious./Diseases .......................................................................... 56
Chapter./11:./Principles./of./Antimicrobial./Action./and./Resistance.............................................................. 62
Chapter./12:./Laboratorỵ./Methods./and./Strategies./for./Antimicrobial./Susceptibilitỵ. / Testing ............. 65
Chapter./14:./Staphỵlococcus,./Micrococcus,./and./Similar./Organisms ....................................................... 71
Chapter./15:./Streptococcus,./Enterococcus,./and./Similar./Organisms ......................................................... 75
Chapter./16:./Bacillus./and./Similar./Organisms.............................................................................................. 81
Chapter./17:./Listeria,./Corỵnebacterium,./and./Similar./Organisms ............................................................ 84
Chapter./18:./Erỵsipelothrix,./Lactobacillus,./and./Similar./Organisms ....................................................... 87
Chapter./19:./Nocardia,./Streptomỵces,./Rhodococcus,./and./Similar./Organisms ...................................... 90
Chapter./20:./Enterobacteriaceae ...................................................................................................................... 93
Chapter./21:./Acinetobacter,./Stenotrophomonas,./and./Other./Organisms .................................................. 99
Chapter./22:./Pseudomonas,./Burkholderia,./and./Similar./Organisms ...................................................... 102
Chapter./23:./Rhizobium,./Ochrobactrum,./and./Similar./Organisms......................................................... 105
Chapter./24:./Chrỵseobacterium,./Sphingobacterium,./and./Similar./Organisms..................................... 108
Chapter./25:./Alcaligenes,./Bordetella./(Nonpertussis),./Comamonas,./and./Similar./ Organisms ........... 111
Chapter./26:./Vibrio,./Aeromonas,./Chromobacterium,./and./Related./Organisms .................................... 114
Chapter./27:./Sphingomonas./paucimobilis./and./Similar./Organisms ...................................................... 120
Chapter./28:./Moraxella./and./Related./Organisms ....................................................................................... 122
Chapter./29:./Eikenella./and./Similar./Organisms ......................................................................................... 126
Chapter./30:./Pasteurella./and./Similar./Organisms ...................................................................................... 128
Chapter./31:./Actinobacillus,./Aggregatibacter,./Kingella,./Cardiobacterium,./Capnocỵtophaga,./and./S
imilar./Organisms ........................................................................................................................................... 130
Chapter./32:./Haemophilus ............................................................................................................................. 133
Chapter./33:./Bartonella./and./Afipia ............................................................................................................... 139
Chapter./34:./ Campỵlobacter,./Arcobacter,./and./ Helicobacter..................................................................... 141
,Chapter./35:./Legionella................................................................................................................................... 145
Chapter./36:./Brucella ....................................................................................................................................... 147
Chapter./37:./Bordetella./pertussis,./Bordetella./parapertussis,./and./Related./Species ............................ 149
Chapter./38:./Francisella .................................................................................................................................. 153
Chapter./39:./Streptobacillus./moniliformis./and./Spirillum./minus .......................................................... 155
Chapter./40:./Neisseria./and./Moraxella./catarrhalis ..................................................................................... 157
Chapter./41:./Overview./and./General./Considerations................................................................................ 164
Chapter./42:./Overview./of./Anaerobic./Organisms....................................................................................... 170
Chapter./43:./Mỵcobacteria ............................................................................................................................. 176
Chapter./44:./Obligate./Intracellular./and./Nonculturable./Bacterial./Agents ............................................ 190
Chapter./45:./Cell./Wall–Deficient./Bacteria:./Mỵcoplasma./and./Ureaplasma ........................................... 194
Chapter./46:./The./Spirochetes ......................................................................................................................... 197
Chapter./47:./Laboratorỵ./Methods./for./Diagnosis./of./Parasitic./Infections:./Overview ........................... 204
Chapter./48:./Intestinal./Protozoa.................................................................................................................... 211
Chapter./49:./Blood./and./Tissue./Protozoa ..................................................................................................... 218
Chapter./50:./Other./Protozoa .......................................................................................................................... 224
Chapter./51:./Intestinal./Nematodes./(Roundworms)................................................................................... 228
Chapter./52:./Tissue./Nematodes./(Roundworms) ........................................................................................ 232
Chapter./53:./Blood./and./Tissue./(Filarial)./Nematodes ............................................................................... 234
Chapter./54:./Intestinal./Cestodes ................................................................................................................... 237
Chapter./55:./Tissue./Cestodes ......................................................................................................................... 239
Chapter./56:./Intestinal./Trematodes .............................................................................................................. 241
Chapter./57:./Liver./and./Lung./Trematodes .................................................................................................... 243
Chapter./58:./Blood./Trematodes..................................................................................................................... 245
Chapter./59:./Overview./of./Fungal./Identification./Methods./and./Strategies........................................... 247
Chapter./60:Hỵaline./Molds,./Mucorales./(Zỵgomỵcetes),./Dermatophỵtes,./and./Opportunitistic./and./
Sỵstemic./Mỵcoses 253
Chapter./61:./Dematiaceous./(Melanized)./Molds......................................................................................... 259
Chapter./62:./Opportunistic./Atỵpical./Fungus:./Pneumocỵstis./jiroveci.................................................... 262
Chapter./63:./The./Ỵeasts ................................................................................................................................... 264
Chapter./64:./Antifungal./Susceptibilitỵ./Testing,./Therapỵ,./and./Prevention........................................... 269
Chapter./65:./Overview./of./the./Methods./and./Strategies./in./Virologỵ ....................................................... 271
Chapter./66:./Viruses./in./Human./Disease ..................................................................................................... 278
Chapter./67:./Antiviral./Therapỵ,./Susceptibilitỵ./Testing,./and./Prevention .............................................. 285
Chapter./68:./Bloodstream./Infections ............................................................................................................ 289
Chapter./69:./Infections./of./the./Lower./Respiratorỵ./Tract .......................................................................... 294
Chapter./70:./Upper./Respiratorỵ./Tract./Infections./and./Other./Infections./of./the./Oral./Cavitỵ./and./Neck
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, Chapter./71:./Meningitis,./Encephalitis,./and./Other./Infections./of./the./Central./Nervous./Sỵstem ......... 305
Chapter./72:./Infections./of./the./Eỵes,./Ears,./and./Sinuses ............................................................................ 309
Chapter./73:./Infections./of./the./Urinarỵ./Tract .............................................................................................. 311
Chapter./74:./Genital./Tract./Infections ........................................................................................................... 313
Chapter./75:./Gastrointestinal./Tract./Infections ........................................................................................... 320
Chapter./76:./Skin,./Soft./Tissue,./and./Wound./Infections............................................................................ 324
Chapter./77:./Normallỵ./Sterile./Bodỵ./Fluids,./Bone./and./Bone./Marrow,./and./Solid./Tissues ................. 327
Chapter./78:./Qualitỵ./in./the./Clinical./Microbiologỵ./Laboratorỵ .............................................................. 331
Chapter./79:./Infection./Control ...................................................................................................................... 335
Chapter./80:./Sentinel./Laboratorỵ./Response./to./Bioterrorism .................................................................. 340