Color Atlas of Medical Bacteriology

by De LA Maza, Luis M.; Pezzlo, Marie T.; Shigei, Janet T.; Peterson, Ellena M.

• ISBN13: 9781555812065
• ISBN10: 1555812066
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Amer Society for Microbiology

Summary

This text presents over 700 high quality colour images and descriptive information for an extensive variety of bacterial organisms. Each bacterium is presented on a spread with text and figures on facing pages. The text for each organism includes taxonomy, clinical significance, direct examination, isolation, identification and other laboratory tests. Each chapter also includes an introductory section that provides an overview of the microorganisms covered.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Technical Note	xi
Staphylococcus and Micrococcus	1	(9)
Streptococcus	10	(12)
Enterococcus	22	(5)
Aerococcus, Abiotrophia, and Other Miscellaneous Gram-Positive Cocci that Grow Aerobically	27	(6)
Coryneform Gram-Positive Bacilli	33	(10)
Listeria and Erysipelothrix	43	(6)
Bacillus	49	(7)
Nocardia, Rhodococcus, Actinomadura, Streptomyces, and Other Aerobic Actinomycetes	56	(8)
Mycobacterium	64	(19)
Introduction to Enterobacteriaceae	83	(9)
Escherichia, Shigella, and Salmonella	92	(7)
Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Citrobacter, Serratia, Pantoea, and Raoultella	99	(11)
Yersinia, Proteae, Edwardsiella, and Hafnia	110	(11)
Vibrio	121	(7)
Aeromonas and Plesiomonas	128	(5)
Pseudomonas	133	(5)
Burkholderia, Stenotrophomonas, Ralstonia, Brevundimonas, Comamonas, and Acidovorax	138	(6)
Acinetobacter, Achromobacter, Alcaligenes, Moraxella, Methylobacterium, and Other Nonfermentative Gram-Negative Bacilli	144	(10)
Actinobacillus, Capnocytophaga, Eikenella, Kingella, and Other Fastidious or Rarely Encountered Gram-Negative Bacilli	154	(10)
Legionella	164	(3)
Neisseria and Moraxella	167	(8)
Haemophilus	175	(7)
Bordetella	182	(6)
Brucella	188	(5)
Pasteurella	193	(4)
Bartonella and Afipia	197	(3)
Francisella	200	(2)
Introduction to Anaerobic Bacteria	202	(10)
Clostridium	212	(14)
Peptostreptococcus, Propionibacterium, Lactobacillus, Actinomyces, and Other Non-Spore-Forming Anaerobic Gram-Positive Bacteria	226	(12)
Bacteroides, Porphyromonas, Prevotella, Fusobacterium, and Other Anaerobic Gram-Negative Bacteria	238	(9)
Campylobacter and Arcobacter	247	(5)
Helicobacter	252	(4)
Chlamydia	256	(6)
Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma	262	(4)
Leptospira, Borrelia, and Treponema	266	(7)
Rickettsia, Orientia, Ehrlichia, and Coxiella	273	(5)
Stains, Media, and Reagents	278	(19)
Index	297