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pt. 1. Basic medical microbiology. Microbial taxonomy --<br/>Bacterial genetics, metabolism, and structure --<br/>Host-microorganism interactions --<br/>pt. 2. General principles in clinical microbiology. Laboratory safety --<br/>Specimen management --<br/>Role of Microscopy --<br/>Traditional cultivation and identification --<br/>Nucleic acid-based analytic methods for microbial identification and characterization --<br/>Overview of immunochemical methods used for organism detection --<br/>Principles of antimicrobial action and resistance --<br/>Laboratory methods and strategies for antimicrobial susceptibility testing --<br/>pt. 3. Bacteriology. Overview of bacterial identification methods and strategies --<br/>Staphylococcus, micrococcus, and similar organisms --<br/>Streptococuus, enterococcus, and similar organisms --<br/>Bacillus and similar organisms --<br/>Listeria, corynebacterium, and similar organisms --<br/>Erysipelothrix, lactobacillus, and similar organisms --<br/>Nocardia, streptomyces, rhodococcus, and similar organisms --<br/>Enterobacteriaceae --<br/>Acinetobacter, stenotrophomonas, and other organisms --<br/>Pseudomonas, burkholderia, and similar organisms Achromobacter, rhizobium, ochrobactrum, and similar organisms --<br/>Chryseobacterium, sphingobacterium, and similar organisms --<br/>Alcaligenes, bordetella (nonpertussis), comamonas, and similar organisms --<br/>Vibrio, aeromonas, and similar organisms --<br/>Sphingomonas paucimobilis and similar organisms --<br/>Moraxella --<br/>Eikenella corrodens and similar organisms --<br/>Pasteurella and similar organisms --<br/>Actinobacillus, kingella, cardiobacterium, capnocytophaga, and similar organisms --<br/>Haemophilus --<br/>Baronella and Afipia --<br/>Campylobacter, arcobacter, and helicobacter --<br/>Legionella --<br/>Brucella --<br/>Bordetella pertussis, bordetella parapertussis, and related species --<br/>Francisella --<br/>Streptobacillus moniliformis and spirillum minus --<br/>Neisseria and moraxella catarrhalis --<br/>Overview and general laboratory considerations --<br/>Overview of anaerobic organisms --<br/>Mycobacteria --<br/>Obligate intracellular and nonculturable bacterial agents --<br/>Cell wall-deficient bacteria: mycplasma and ureaplasma --<br/>The spirochetes. pt. 4. Parasitology. Overview of the methods and strategies in parasitology --<br/>Intestinal protozoa --<br/>Blood and tissue protozoa --<br/>Protozoa from other body sites --<br/>Intestinal nematodes --<br/>Tissue nematodes --<br/>Blood nematodes --<br/>Intestinal cestodes --<br/>Tissue cestodes --<br/>Intestinal trematodes --<br/>Liver and lung trematodes --<br/>Blood trematodes --<br/>pt. 5. Mycology. Overview of fungal identification methods and strategies --<br/>Hyaline molds, mucorales, entomophthorales, dermatophytes, and opportunistic and systemic mycoses --<br/>Dematiaceious (melanized) molds --<br/>Opportunistic atypical fungus: pneumocystis jirovecii --<br/>The yeasts --<br/>Antifungal susceptibility testing, therapy, and prevention --<br/>pt. 6. Virology. Overview of the methods and strategies in virology --<br/>Viruses in human disease --<br/>Antiviral therapy, susceptibility testing, and prevention --<br/>pt. 7. Diagnosis by organ system. Bloodstream infections --<br/>Infections of the lower respiratory tract --<br/>Upper respiratory tract infections and other infections of the oral cavity and neck --<br/>Meningitis and other infections of the central nervous system --<br/>Infections of the eyes, ears, and sinuses --<br/>Infections of the urinary tract --<br/>Genital tract infections --<br/>Gastrointestinal tract infections --<br/>Skin, soft tissue, and wound infections --<br/>Normally sterile body fluids, bone and bone marrow, and solid tissues --<br/>pt. 8. Clinical laboratory management. Quality in the clinical microbiology laboratory --<br/>Infection control --<br/>Sentinel laboratory response to bioterrorism.<br/>Other Titles: Bailey and Scott's diagnostic microbiology<br/>Diagnostic microbiology |
