Bailey & Scott's diagnostic microbiology
By: Betty A. Forbes, Daniel F. Sahm, Alice S. Weissfeld ; photography by Ernest A. Trevino.
Contributors: Sahm, Daniel F.; Weissfeld, Alice S.; Bailey, W. Robert 1917-
Edition: 12th ed.
Publisher: Elsevier Mosby; Mosby Elsevier
Published: 2007
Place of publication: St. Louis, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1031
ISBN-13: 9780808923640; 9780323030656
Subjects: Microbiological Techniques; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
Other titles: Diagnostic microbiology; Bailey and Scott's diagnostic microbiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Microbial taxonomy; title: Bacterial genetics, metabolism, and structure; title: Host-microorganism interactions; title: Laboratory safety; title: Specimen management; title: Role of microscopy; title: Traditional cultivation and identification; title: Nucleic acid-based analytic methods for microbial identification and characterization; title: Immunochemical methods used for organism detection; title: Serologic diagnosis of infectious diseases; title: Principles of antimicrobial action and resistance; title: Laboratory methods and strategies for antimicrobial susceptibility testing; title: Overview of bacterial identification methods and strategies; title: General considerations and applications of information provided in bacterial sections of part III; title: Bacterial indentification flow charts and schemes: a guide to part III; title: Staphylococcus, Micrococcus, and similar organisms; title: Streptococuus, Enterococcus, and similar organisms; title: Bacillus and similar organisms; title: Listeria, Corynebacterium, and similar organisms; title: - Erysipelothrix, Lactobacillus, and similar organisms; title: Nocardia, Streptomyces, Rhodococcus, and similar organisms; title: Enterobacteriaceae; title: Acinetobacter, Stenotrophomonas, and other organisms; title: Pseudomonas, Burkholderia, and similar organisms; title: Achromobacter, Rhizobium, Ochrobactrum, and similar organisms; title: Chryseobacterium, Sphingobacterium, and similar organisms; title: Alcaligenes, Bordetella (Non-pertussis), Comamonas, and similar organisms; title: Vibrio, Aeromonas, Pleisomonas, and Chromobacterium; title: Sphingomonas paucimobilis and similar organisms; title: Moraxella; title: Eikenella and similar organisms; title: Pasteurella and similar organisms; title: Actinobacillus, Kingella, Cardiobacterium, Capnocytophaga, and similar organisms; title: Haemophilus; title: Bartonella and Afipia; title: Campylobacter; Arcobacter; and Helicobacter; title: Legionella; title: Brucella; title: Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis; title: Francisella; title: Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus; title: Neisseria and Moraxella catarrhalis; title: Overview and general considerations  [Anerobic bacteriology]; title: Laboratory considerations; title: Mycobacteria; title: Obligate intracellular nonculturable bacterial agents; title: Cell wall-deficient bacteria: mycoplasma and ureaplasma; title: The Spirochetes; title: Laboratory methods for diagnosis of parastitic infections; title: Laboratory methods in basic mycology; title: Laboratory methods in basic virology; title: Bloodstream infections; title: Infections of the lower respiratory tract; title: Upper respiratory tract infections and other infections of the oral cavity and neck; title: Meningitis and other infections of the central nervous system; title: Infections of the eyes, ears, and sinuses; title: Infections of the urinary tract; title: Genital tract infections; title: Gastrointestinal tract infections; title: Skins, soft tissue, and wound infections; title: Normally sterile body fluids, bone and bone marrow, and solid tissues; title: Laboratory physical design, management, and organization; title: Quality in clinical microbiology laboratory; title: Infection control; title: Sentinel laboratory response to bioterrorism.