Textbook of diagnostic microbiology 7th Edition by Connie R. Mahon 9780323832717 0323832717

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• ISBN 10: 0323832717
• ISBN 13: 9780323832717
• Author: Connie R. Mahon

Gain the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in the clinical lab! Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, 7th Edition uses a reader-friendly “building-block” approach to help you learn the essentials of diagnostic microbiology. Featuring full-color drawings and photos, this text helps you learn to develop the critical thinking and problem-solving skills necessary to the accurate diagnosis of infectious diseases and the identification of infectious agents. Written by noted educators Connie R. Mahon and Donald C. Lehman, this edition adds new content on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, along with the latest information on prevention, treatment modalities, and CDC guidelines.

Table contents:

Part 1: Introduction to clinical microbiology

1. Bacterial cell structure, physiology, metabolism, and genetics

2. Host-parasite interaction

3. The laboratory role in infection control

4. Control of microorganisms: disinfection, sterilization, and microbiology safety

5. Performance improvement in the microbiology laboratory

6. Specimen collection and processing

7. Microscopic examination of materials from infected sites

8. Use of colony morphology for the presumptive identification of microorganisms

9. Biochemical identification of gram-negative bacteria

10. Immunodiagnosis of infectious diseases

11. Applications of molecular diagnostics

12. Antibacterial mechanisms of action and bacterial resistance mechanisms

13. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing

Part 2: Laboratory identification of significant isolates

14. Staphylococcus and similar organisms

15. Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and other catalase-negative, gram-positive cocci

16. Aerobic gram-positive bacilli

17. Neisseria species and Moraxella catarrhalis

18. Haemophilus, HACEK group, Legionella, and other fastidious gram-negative bacilli

19. Enterobacterales

20. Vibrio, Aeromonas, Campylobacter, and Campylobacter-like species

21. Nonfermenting and miscellaneous gram-negative bacilli

22. Anaerobes of clinical importance

23. The spirochetes

24. Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and similar organisms

25. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

26. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria

27. Medically significant fungi

28. Diagnostic parasitology

29. Clinical virology

30. Agents of bioterror and forensic microbiology

31. Biofilms: architects of disease

Part 3: Laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases: an organ system approach to diagnostic microbiology

32. Upper and lower respiratory tract infections

33. Skin and soft tissue infections

34. Gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning

35. Infections of the central nervous system

36. Bacteremia and sepsis

37. Urinary tract infections

38. Genital infections and sexually transmitted infections

39. Infections in special populations

40. Zoonotic diseases

41. Ocular infections

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