Part I 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 siteds
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 Anitmicrobial susceptibility testing
Part II Laboratory identificiation of significant isolates
14 Staphylococci
15 Streptococcus, Enterococcus and other catalase-negative, gram-positive cocci
16 Aerobic gram-positive bacilli
17 Neisseria species and moraxella catarrhalis
18 Haemophilus, HACEK, Legionella, and other fastidious gram-negative bacilli
19 Enterobacteriaceae
20 Vibrio, Aeromonas, and Campylobacter 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 III 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 Selected bacteriologic culture media
Appendix B Selected mycology media, fuids, and stains
Appendix C selected procedures
Appendix D Answers to learning assessment questions
Glossary
Index.