Includes bibliographical references and indexes
1. Introduction to the Sixth Edition of the Manual of Clinical Microbiology / Patrick R. Murray -- 2. Indigenous and Pathogenic Microorganisms of Humans / Henry D. Isenberg and Richard F. D'Amato -- 3. Specimen Collection, Transport, and Storage / J. Michael Miller and Harvey T. Holmes -- 4. Clinical Microscopy / Kimberle Chapin -- 5. Quality Assurance: Quality Improvement, Quality Control, and Test Validation / David L. Sewell and Ron B. Schifman -- 6. Addressing Regulatory Issues in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory / John E. McGowan, Jr. and James D. MacLowry -- 7. Laboratory Safety and Infectious Waste Management / Barbara A. Strain and Dieter H. M. Groschel -- 8. Sterilization, Decontamination, and Disinfection Procedures for the Microbiology Laboratory / Frederic John Marsik and Gerald A. Denys -- 10. Substrate Utilization Systems for the Identification of Bacteria and Yeasts / J. Michael Miller and Caroline M. O'Hara -- 11. Immunoassays for the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases / John E. Herrmann -- 12. Gas-Liquid and High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Methods for the Identification of Microorganisms / Andrew B. Onderdonk and Myron Sasser -- 13. Molecular Detection and Identification of Microorganisms / Raymond P. Podzorski and David H. Persing -- 14. Cell Culture Systems / Lorraine V. Jones Brando -- 15. Dynamics of Hospital-Acquired Infection / Loreen A. Herwaldt and Richard P. Wenzel -- 16. Infection Control Epidemiology and Clinical Microbiology / John E. McGowan, Jr. and Beverly Metchock -- 17. Laboratory Procedures for the Epidemiologic Analysis of Microorganisms / Robert D. Arbeit -- 18. Procedures To Use During Outbreaks of Food-Borne Disease / Frank L. Bryan -- 19. Antisepsis, Disinfection, and Sterilization in Hospitals and Related Institutions / William A. Rutala -- 20. Classification and Identification of Bacteria / Ellen Jo Baron, Alice S. Weissfeld, Pamela A. Fuselier and Don J. Brenner -- 21. Processing Specimens for Bacteria / Betty A. Forbes and Paul A. Granato -- 22. Staphylococcus and Micrococcus / Wesley E. Kloos and Tammy L. Bannerman -- 23. Streptococcus / Kathryn L. Ruoff -- 24. Enterococcus / Richard R. Facklam and Daniel F. Sahm -- 25. Leuconostoc, Pediococcus, Stomatococcus, and Miscellaneous Gram-Positive Cocci That Grow Aerobically / Kathryn L. Ruoff -- 26. Neisseria and Branhamella / Joan S. Knapp and Roselyn J. Rice -- 27. Listeria / Bala Swaminathan, Jocelyn Rocourt and Jacques Bille -- 28. Bacillus / Peter C. B. Turnbull and John M. Kramer -- 29. Corynebacterium and Miscellaneous Gram-Positive Rods, Erysipelothrix, and Gardnerella / Jill E. Clarridge and Carol A. Spiegel -- 30. Nocardia, Rhodococcus, Streptomyces, Oerskovia, and Other Aerobic Actinomycetes of Medical Importance / Blaine L. Beaman, Michael A. Saubolle and Richard J. Wallace -- 31. Mycobacterium / Frederick S. Nolte and Beverly Metchock -- 32. Enterobacteriaceae: Introduction and Identification / J. J. Farmer III -- 33. Escherichia, Salmonella, Shigella, and Yersinia / Larry D. Gray -- 34. Enterobacteriaceae: Opportunistic Pathogens and Other Genera / Mary J. R. Gilchrist -- 35. Vibrio / James C. McLaughlin -- 36. Aeromonas and Plesiomonas / J. Michael Janda, Sharon L. Abbott and Amy M. Carnahan -- 37. Campylobacter and Arcobacter / Irving Nachamkin -- 38. Helicobacter / Robert C. Jerris -- 39. Unusual Gram-Negative Bacteria, Including Capnocytophaga, Eikenella, Pasteurella, and Streptobacillus / Barry Holmes, M. John Pickett and Dannie G. Hollis -- 40. Pseudomonas and Burkholderia / Peter H. Gilligan -- 41. Acinetobacter, Alcaligenes, Moraxella, and Other Nonfermentative Gram-Negative Bacteria / Alexander von Graevenitz -- 42. Legionella / Washington C. Winn, Jr. -- 43. Francisella / Scott J. Stewart -- 44. Brucella / Nelson P. Moyer and Larry A. Holcomb -- 45. Haemophilus / Joseph M. Campos -- 46. Bordetella / Mario J. Marcon -- 47. Clostridium / Andrew B. Onderdonk and Stephen D. Allen -- 48. Peptostreptococcus, Propionibacterium, Eubacterium, and Other Nonsporeforming Anaerobic Gram-Positive Bacteria / Sharon L. Hillier and Bernard J. Moncla -- 49. Bacteroides, Porphyromonas, Prevotella, Fusobacterium, and Other Anaerobic Gram-Negative Bacteria / Hannele R. Jousimies-Somer, Paula H. Summanen and Sydney M. Finegold -- 50. Leptospiraceae / Arnold F. Kaufmann and Robbin S. Weyant -- 51. Borrelia / Tom G. Schwan, Willy Burgdorfer and Patricia A. Rosa -- 52. Treponema and Other Host-Associated Spirochetes / Steven J. Norris and Sandra A. Larsen -- 53. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma / David Taylor-Robinson -- 54. Classification and Identification of Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and Related Bacteria / David H. Walker and Gregory A. Dasch -- 55. Chlamydia / Julius Schachter and Walter E. Stamm -- 56. Rickettsia and Coxiella / James G. Olson and Joseph E. McDade -- 57. Ehrlichia / James G. Olson and Jacqueline E. Dawson -- 58. Bartonella / David F. Welch and Leonard N. Slater -- 59. Morphology, Taxonomy, and Classification of the Fungi / Dennis M. Dixon and Robert A. Fromtling -- 60. Detection and Recovery of Fungi from Clinical Specimens / William G. Merz and Glenn D. Roberts -- 61. Candida, Cryptococcus, and Other Yeasts of Medical Importance / Nancy G. Warren and Kevin C. Hazen -- 62. Pneumocystis / W. Keith Hadley and Valerie L. Ng -- 63. Histoplasma, Blastomyces, Coccidioides, and Other Dimorphic Fungi Causing Systemic Mycoses / Thomas J. Walsh, Thomas G. Mitchell and Davise H. Larone -- 64. Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Other Opportunistic Moniliaceous Fungi / Michael J. Kennedy and Lynne Sigler -- 65. Trichophyton, Microsporum, Epidermophyton, and Agents of Superficial Mycoses / Irene Weitzman, Julius Kane and Richard C. Summerbell -- 66. Rhizopus, Rhizomucor, Absidia, and Other Agents of Systemic and Subcutaneous Zygomycoses / Malcolm D. Richardson and Gillian S. Shankland -- 67. Bipolaris, Exophiala, Scedosporium, Sporothrix, and Other Dematiaceous Fungi / Wiley A. Schell, Lester Pasarell, Ira F. Salkin and Michael R. McGinnis -- 68. Fungi Causing Eumycotic Mycetoma / Arvind A. Padhye -- 69. Taxonomy of Viruses / Joseph L. Melnick -- 70. Collection and Preparation of Specimens for Virological Examination / David A. Lennette -- 71. Herpes Simplex Viruses / Ann M. Arvin and Charles G. Prober -- 72. Human Cytomegalovirus / Richard L. Hodinka and Harvey M. Friedman -- 73. Varicella-Zoster Virus / Anne A. Gershon, Philip LaRussa and Sharon P. Steinberg -- 74. Epstein-Barr Virus / Evelyne T. Lennette -- 75. Human Herpesvirus 6 and Other Herpesviruses / John A. Stewart and Joanne L. Patton -- 76. Influenza Viruses / Thedi Ziegler and Nancy J. Cox -- 77. Parainfluenza Viruses / Joseph L. Waner -- 78. Respiratory Syncytial Virus / Debra A. Tristram and Robert C. Welliver -- 79. Rhinoviruses / Marie L. Landry -- 80. Adenoviruses / John C. Hierholzer -- 81. Measles Virus / Aimo A. Salmi -- 82. Mumps Virus / Ella M. Swierkosz -- 83. Rubella Virus / Max A. Chernesky and James B. Mahony -- 84. Human Parvoviruses / J. R. Pattison -- 85. Arboviruses / Theodore F. Tsai -- 86. Rabies Virus / Jean S. Smith -- 87. Enteroviruses / Harley A. Rotbart -- 88. Rotaviruses / Mary L. Christensen -- 89. Caliciviruses, Astroviruses, and Other Diarrheic Viruses / Martin Petric -- 90. Hepatitis A Virus / Jean B. Cederna and Jack T. Stapleton -- 91. Hepatitis B and D Viruses / F. Blaine Hollinger and Jules L. Dienstag -- 92. Hepatitis C Virus / Judith C. Wilber -- 93. Hepatitis E Virus / John Ticehurst -- 94. Filoviruses and Arenaviruses / Peter B. Jahrling -- 95. Human Papillomavirus / Nancy B. Kiviat and Laura A. Koutsky -- 96. Polyomaviruses / Eugene O. Major -- 97. Human Immunodeficiency Viruses / Edward Barker and Susan W. Barnett -- 98. Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Types I and II / Helen Lee, John D. Burczak and Jessie Shih -- 99. Spongiform Encephalopathies / David M. Asher -- 100. Poxviruses Infecting Humans / Joseph J. Esposito and Robert F. Massung -- 101. Introduction to Diagnostic Parasitology: Biologic, Clinical, and Laboratory Considerations / Thomas R. Fritsche and James W. Smith
102. Diagnosis of Parasitic Infections: Collection, Processing, and Examination of Specimens / Lynne S. Garcia, Sandra Bullock-Iacullo, Josephine Palmer and Robyn Y. Shimizu -- 103. Diagnosis of Parasitic Infections: Immunologic and Molecular Methods / Marianna Wilson, Peter Schantz and Norman Pieniazek -- 104. Blood and Tissue Protozoa / Lynne S. Garcia, Alexander J. Sulzer, George R. Healy, Katharine K. Grady and David A. Bruckner -- 105. Pathogenic and Opportunistic Free-Living Amebae / Govinda S. Visvesvara -- 106. Intestinal and Urogenital Protozoa / George R. Healy and Lynne S. Garcia -- 107. Intestinal Helminths / Lawrence R. Ash and Thomas C. Orihel -- 108. Tissue Helminths / Thomas C. Orihel and Lawrence R. Ash -- 109. Arthropods of Medical Importance / Thomas R. Fritsche and Michael A. Pfaller -- 110. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: General Considerations / James H. Jorgensen and Daniel F. Sahm -- 111. Antibacterial Agents / Joseph D. C. Yao and Robert C. Moellering, Jr. -- 112. Mechanisms of Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents / Richard Quintiliani, Jr. and Patrice Courvalin -- 113. Antibacterial Susceptibility Tests: Dilution and Disk Diffusion Methods / Gail L. Woods and John A. Washington -- 114. Susceptibility Tests of Fastidious Bacteria / Gary V. Doern -- 115. Susceptibility Testing of Anaerobic Bacteria / Hannah M. Wexler and Gary V. Doern -- 116. Special Tests for Detecting Antibacterial Resistance / Jana M. Swenson, Janet A. Hindler and Lance R. Peterson -- 117. Genetic Methods for Detecting Antibacterial Resistance Genes / Fred C. Tenover, Tanja Popovic and Orjan Olsvik -- 118. Instrument-Based Antibacterial Susceptibility Testing / Mary Jane Ferraro and James H. Jorgensen -- 119. Antimicrobial Agents and Susceptibility Tests: Mycobacteria / Clark B. Inderlied and Max Salfinger -- 120. Antifungal Agents and Susceptibility Testing / Ana Espinel-Ingroff and Michael A. Pfaller -- 121. Antiviral Agents and Susceptibility Testing / Ella M. Swierkosz and Karen K. Biron -- 122. Acquired Drug Resistance and Susceptibility Testing in Parasitic Diseases / Samuel L. Stanley, Jr. -- 123. Assays for Antimicrobial Agents in Body Fluids / Beth E. Ostergaard, David Lakatua and John C. Rotschafer
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