Bailey & Scott's diagnostic microbiology / Patricia M. Tille.

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"Known as the #1 bench reference for practicing microbiologists and an excellent text for students in clinical laboratory science programs, Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology, 14th Edition helps you develop and refine the skills you need for effective laboratory testing. In-depth information i...

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Main Author: Tille, Patricia M. (Author)
Language:English
Published: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2017]
Edition:Fourteenth edition.
Subjects:
Diagnostic microbiology > Textbooks.
Microbiological Techniques.
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures.
Microbiological Phenomena.
Diagnostic microbiology.
Pathogenic microorganisms.
Bacteriology.
Microbiology.
Genre:
Textbooks.
Physical Description:xviii, 1,115 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Variant Title:
Bailey and Scott's diagnostic microbiology
Diagnostic microbiology
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.