Color atlas and textbook of diagnostic microbiology

the long version

Introduction to microbiology part I: the role of the microbiology laboratory in the diagnosis of infectious diseases: guidelines to practice and management. In troduction to microbiology part II: guidelines for the collection, transport, p rocessing, analysis, and reporting of cultures from specific specimen types. Th e enterobacteriaceae. The nonfermentative gramnegative bacilli. Curved gran-neg ative bacilli and oxidase-positive fermenters: campylobacters and vibrionaceae. Haemophilus. Miscellaneous fastidious gram-negative bacilli. Legionella. Neisse ria and Moraxella catarrhalis. The gram-positive cocci part I: staphylococci an d related organisms. The gram-positive cocci part II: streptococci and streptoc occus-like bacteria. The aerobic gram-positive bacilli. The anaerobic bacteria. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas. Mycobacteria . Mycology. Parasitology. Diagnosis of infections caused by viruses, chlamydia, rickettsia, and related organisms.