Full Description
This unique visual reference presents more than 750 brilliant, four-color images of bacterial isolates commonly encountered in diagnostic microbiology and the methods used to identify them, including microscopic and phenotypic characteristics, colony morphology, and biochemical properties.Chapters cover the most important bacterial pathogens and related organisms, including updated taxonomy, epidemiology, pathogenicity, laboratory and antibiotic susceptibility testing, and molecular biology methodologyTables summarize and compare key biochemical reactions and other significant characteristicsNew to this edition is a separate chapter covering the latest developments in total laboratory automationThe comprehensive chapter on stains, media, and reagents is now augmented with histopathology imagesA new Fast Facts chapter presents tables that summarize and illustrate the most significant details for some of the more commonly encountered organismsFor the first time, this easy-to-use atlas is available digitally for enhanced searching. Color Atlas of Medical Bacteriology remains the most valuable illustrative supplement for lectures and laboratory presentations, as well as for laboratorians, clinicians, students, and anyone interested in diagnostic medical bacteriology.
Contents
Preface ixAcknowledgments xiTechnical Note xiAbout the Authors xiii1 Staphylococcus, Micrococcus, and Other Catalase-Positive Cocci 12 Streptococcus 113 Enterococcus 244 Aerococcus, Abiotrophia, and Other Miscellaneous Gram-Positive Cocci That Grow Aerobically 305 Coryneform Gram-Positive Bacilli 366 Listeria and Erysipelothrix 487 Bacillus 548 Nocardia, Rhodococcus, Actinomadura, Streptomyces, Gordonia, and Other Aerobic Actinomycetes 629 Mycobacterium 7010 Introduction to Enterobacterales 9111 Escherichia, Shigella, and Salmonella 10312 Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Citrobacter, Cronobacter, Serratia, Plesiomonas, and Selected Other Enterobacterales 11313 Yersinia 12914 Vibrionaceae 13415 Aeromonas 14116 Pseudomonas 14517 Burkholderia, Stenotrophomonas, Ralstonia, Cupriavidus, Pandoraea, Brevundimonas, Comamonas, Delftia, and Acidovorax 15018 Acinetobacter, Chryseobacterium, Moraxella, Methylobacterium, and Other Nonfermentative Gram-Negative Bacilli 15719 Actinobacillus, Aggregatibacter, Capnocytophaga, Eikenella, Kingella, Pasteurella, and Other Fastidious or Rarely Encountered Gram-Negative Bacilli 16820 Legionella 18021 Neisseria 18422 Haemophilus 19123 Bordetella and Related Genera 19724 Brucella 20325 Bartonella 20726 Francisella 21027 Introduction to Anaerobic Bacteria 21328 Clostridium and Clostridioides 22329 Peptostreptococcus, Finegoldia, Anaerococcus, Peptoniphilus, Cutibacterium, Lactobacillus, Actinomyces, and Other Non-Spore-Forming, Anaerobic Gram-Positive Bacteria 23730 Bacteroides, Porphyromonas, Prevotella, Fusobacterium, and Other Anaerobic Gram-Negative Bacteria 25231 Campylobacter and Arcobacter 26132 Helicobacter 26733 Chlamydia 27234 Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma 27735 Leptospira, Borrelia, Treponema, and Brachyspira 28136 Rickettsia, Orientia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Coxiella 29037 Tropheryma whipplei 29738 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing 29939 Molecular Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections 30740 Total Laboratory Automation 33041 Stains, Media, Reagents, and Histopathology 33842 Fast Facts: Bacteria 367Index 421
