Review handbook in diagnostic bacteriology / Maria Teresa T. Rodriguez

Includes bibliographical references

Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Discovery of microorganisms -- Chapter 2. Bacterial taxonomy -- Chapter 3. Prokaryotes, eukaryotes, and archae -- Chapter 4. Bacterial genetics -- Chapter 5. Bacterial metabolism -- Chapter 6. Microbial nutrition -- Chapter 7. Pathogenesis of infection -- Chapter 8. Biosafety and quality control in a clinical microbiology laboratory -- Chapter 9. Sterilization and disinfection -- Chapter 10. Specimen collection, transport, and processing -- Chapter 11. Culture and culture media -- Chapter 12. Microscopy -- Chapter 13. Bacterial staining -- Chapter 14. Methods for bacterial identification -- Chapter 15. Antimicrobials -- Chapter 16. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing -- Chapter 17. Gram-positive cocci -- Chapter 18. Gram-negative cocci -- Chapter 19. Enterobacteriaceae -- Chapter 20. Non-enteric gastrointestinal pathogens -- Chapter 21. Non-fermentative gram-negative bacilli -- Chapter 22. Small, pleomorphic gram-negative bacilli -- Chapter 23. Aerobic gram-positive bacilli -- Chapter 24. Mycobacteria -- Chapter 25. Anaerobic bacteria --Chapter 26. Rickettsiaceae -- Chapter 27. Chlamydiaceae -- Chapter 28. Mycoplasmataceae (cell wall-deficient bacteria) -- Chapter 29. Spirochetes and miscellaneous bacteria -- References -- The author.

"Using a reader-friendly approach, Review handbook in diagnostic bacteriology (Third edition) provides students with a simplified understanding of microbiology. It also offers fundamental information on the clinically significant bacteriaol species and their morphological and cultural characteristics, related infections and disease, and associated laboratory diagnosis. Presented in an outline form, each chapter gives a straightforward reading to an otherwise comprehensive study." -- Back cover