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Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology

Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology

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**Sel‎ected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Laboratory Technology**

Gain the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in the clinical lab! Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, 7th Edition uses a reader-friendly building-block approach to help you learn the essentials of diagnostic microbiology. Featuring full-color drawings and photos, this text helps you learn to develop the critical thinking and problem-solving skills necessary to the accurate diagnosis of infectious diseases and the identification of infectious agents. Written by noted educators Connie R. Mahon and Donald C. Lehman, this edition adds new content on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, along with the latest information on prevention, treatment modalities, and CDC guidelines.

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Elsevier
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9780323829977
9780323829977

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Publication date
2023
Issue number
7
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
1120
Dimensions (mm)
216 x 276
Weight (g)
2700
  • Part 1: Introduction to clinical microbiology
    1. Bacterial cell structure, physiology, metabolism, and genetics
    2. Host-parasite interaction
    3. The laboratory role in infection control
    4. Control of microorganisms: disinfection, sterilization, and microbiology safety
    5. Performance improvement in the microbiology laboratory
    6. Specimen collection and processing
    7. Microscopic examination of materials from infected sites
    8. Use of colony morphology for the presumptive identification of microorganisms
    9. Biochemical identification of gram-negative bacteria
    10. Immunodiagnosis of infectious diseases
    11. Applications of molecular diagnostics
    12. Antibacterial mechanisms of action and bacterial resistance mechanisms
    13. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing

    Part 2: Laboratory identification of significant isolates
    14. Staphylococcus and similar organisms
    15. Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and other catalase-negative, gram-positive cocci
    16. Aerobic gram-positive bacilli
    17. Neisseria species and Moraxella catarrhalis
    18. Haemophilus, HACEK group, Legionella, and other fastidious gram-negative bacilli
    19. Enterobacterales
    20. Vibrio, Aeromonas, Campylobacter, and Campylobacter-like species
    21. Nonfermenting and miscellaneous gram-negative bacilli
    22. Anaerobes of clinical importance
    23. The spirochetes
    24. Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and similar organisms
    25. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma
    26. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria
    27. Medically significant fungi
    28. Diagnostic parasitology
    29. Clinical virology
    30. Agents of bioterror and forensic microbiology
    31. Biofilms: architects of disease

    Part 3: Laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases: an organ system approach to diagnostic microbiology
    32. Upper and lower respiratory tract infections
    33. Skin and soft tissue infections
    34. Gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning
    35. Infections of the central nervous system
    36. Bacteremia and sepsis
    37. Urinary tract infections
    38. Genital infections and sexually transmitted infections
    39. Infections in special populations
    40. Zoonotic diseases
    41. Ocular infections

    Appendix A Answers to learning assessmentquestions
    Appendix B Sel‎ected bacteriologic culture media
    Appendix C Sel‎ected mycology culture media and stains
    Appendix D Sel‎ected procedures
    Glossary
    Index
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