Bailey & Scott's diagnostic microbiology /

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Author / Creator:Forbes, Betty A.
Edition:10th ed.
Imprint:St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby, c1998.
Description:xiv, 1074 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3047884
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Varying Form of Title:Bailey and Scott's diagnostic microbiology
Diagnostic microbiology
Other uniform titles:Sahm, Daniel F.
Weissfeld, Alice S.
Baron, Ellen Jo. Bailey & Scott's diagnostic microbiology.
ISBN:0815125356
Notes:Rev. ed. of: Bailey & Scott's diagnostic microbiology / Ellen Jo Baron, Lance R. Peterson, Sydney M. Finegold. 9th ed. c1994.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Basic Medical Microbiology
  • 1. Microbial Taxonomy
  • 2. Bacterial Genetics, Metabolism, and Structure
  • 3. Host-Microorganism Interactions
  • Part II. General Principles in Clinical Microbiology
  • Section I. Safety & Specimen Management
  • 4. Laboratory Safety
  • 5. Specimen Management
  • Section II. Approaches to Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
  • 6. Role of Microscopy
  • 7. Traditional Cultivation and Identification
  • 8. Nucleic Acid-Based Analytic Methods For Microbial Identification And Characterization
  • 9. Immunochemical Methods Used for Organism Detection
  • 10. Serologic Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
  • Section III. Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity
  • 11. Principles of Antimicrobial Action & Resistance
  • 12. Laboratory Methods and Strategies for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
  • Part III. Bacteriology
  • Section 1. Principles of Identification
  • 13. Overview of Bacterial Identification Methods and Strategies
  • 14. General Considerations and Applications of Information Provided in Bacterial Sections of Part IIINEW!
  • 15. Bacterial Identification Flow Charts and Schemes: A Guide to Part IIINEW!
  • Section 2. Catalase-Positive, Gram-Positive Cocci
  • 16. Staphylococcus, Micrococcus, and Similar Organisms
  • Section 3. Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Cocci
  • 17. Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and Similar Organisms
  • Section 4. Non-Branching, Catalase-Positive, Gram-Positive Bacilli
  • 18. Bacillus and Similar Organisms
  • 19. Listeria, Corynebacterium, and Similar Organisms
  • Section 5. Non-Branching, Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Bacilli
  • 20. Erysipelothirix, Lactobacillus, and Similar Organisms
  • Section 6. Branching or Partially Acid-Fast, Gram-Positive Bacilli
  • 21. Nocardia, Streptomyces, Rhodococcus, Oerskovia, and Similar Organisms
  • Section 7. Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Positive, Oxidase-Negative)
  • 22. Enterobacteriaceae
  • 23. Acinetobacter, Stenotrophomonas, and Other Organisms
  • Section 8. Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Positive, Oxidase-Positive)
  • 24. Pseudomonas, Burkholderia, and Similar Organisms
  • 25. Achromobacter, Rhizobium, Ochrobactrum, and Similar Organisms
  • 26. Chryseobacterium, Sphingobacterium, and Similar Organisms
  • 27. Alcaligenes, Bordetella (Nonpertussis), Comamonas, and Similar Organisms
  • 28. Vibrio, Aeromonas, Plesiomonas shigelloides, and Chromobacterium violaceum
  • Section 9. Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Negative, Oxidase-Positive)
  • 29. Sphingomonas paucimobilis and Similar Organisms
  • 30. Moraxella
  • 31. Eikenella corrodens and Similar Organisms
  • 32. Pasteurella and Similar Organisms
  • 33. Actinobacillus, Kingella, Cardiobacterium, Capnocytophaga, and Similar Organisms
  • Section 10. Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Negative, Oxidase-Variable)
  • 34. Haemophilus
  • Section 11. Gram-Negative Bacilli that are Optimally Recovered on Special Media
  • 35. Bartonella and Afipia
  • 36. Campylobacter, Arcobacter, and Helicobacter
  • 37. Legionella
  • 38. Brucella
  • 39. Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis
  • 40. Francisella
  • 41. Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus
  • Section 12. Gram-Negative Cocci
  • 42. Neisseria and Moraxella catarrhalis
  • Section 13. Anaerobic Bacteriology
  • 43. Overview and General Considerations
  • 44. Laboratory Considerations
  • Section 14. Mycobacteria and Other Bacteria with Unusual Growth Requirements
  • 45. Mycobacteria
  • 46. Obligate Intracellular and Nonculturable Bacterial Agents
  • 47. Cell Wall-Deficient Bacteria: Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma
  • 48. The Spirochetes
  • Part IV. Parasitology