Color Atlas of Medical Bacteriology

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

• ISBN13: 9781555814755
• ISBN10: 1555814751
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-05-21
• Publisher: ASM Press

Summary

A unique visual reference for the diagnostic microbiology laboratory.

• Conceived by a team of authors with decades of classroom and laboratory experience.
• Includes more than 730 brilliant, four-color images of common pathogenic bacteria and descriptions of the methods used to identify them.
• Valuable illustrative supplement for lectures and laboratory presentations, this easy-to-use atlas was written for laboratorians, clinicians, students, and anyone interested in the field of diagnostic medical bacteriology.

Author Biography

Luis M. de la Maza, Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director, Division of Medical Microbiology, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Orange, California.

Marie T. Pezzlo, Clinical Associate, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Orange, California.

Janet T. Shigei, Administrative Director, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Medical Center, Orange, California.

Grace L. Tan, Senior Supervisor, Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Medical Center, Orange, California.

Ellena M. Peterson, Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Associate Director, Division of Medical Microbiology, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Orange, California.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Technical Note

1. Staphylococcus and Micrococus

2. Streptococcus

3. Enterococcus

4. Aerococcus, Abiotrophia and Other Miscellaneous Gram-Positive Cocci That Grow Aerobically

5. Coryneform Gram-Positive Bacilli

6. Listeria and Erysipelothrix

7. Bacillus

8. Nocardia, Rhodococcus, Actinomadura, Streptomyces, and Other Aerobic Actinomycetes

9. Mycobacterium

10. Introduction to Enterobacteriaceae

11. Escherichia, Shigella, and Salmonella

12. Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Citrobacter, Serratia, Pantoea, Raoultella, and Other Enterobacteriaceae

13. Yersinia, the Proteeae, Edwardsiella, and Hafnia

14. Vibrionaceae

15. Aeromonas and Plesiomonas

16. Pseudomonas

17. Burkholderia, Stenotrophomonas, Ralstonia, Cupriavidus, Pandoraea, Brevundimonas, Comamonas, Delftia, and Acidovorax

18. Acinetobacter, Chryseobacterium, Moraxella, Methylobacterium, and Other Nonfermentative Gram-Negative Bacilli

19. Actinobacillus, Aggregatibacter, Capnocytophaga, Eikenella, Kingella, and Other Fastidious or Rarely Encountered Gram-Negative Bacilli

20. Legionella

21. Neisseria

22. Haemophilus

23. Bordetella and Related Genera

24. Brucella

25. Pasteurella

26. Bartonella and Afipia

27. Francisella

28. Introduction to Anaerobic Bacteria

29. Clostridium

30. Peptostreptococcus, Finegoldia, Anaerococcus, Peptoniphilus, Propionibacterium, Lactobacillus, Actinomyces, and Oher Non-Spore-Forming, Anaerobic Gram-Positive Bacteria

31. Bacteroides, Porphyromonas, Prevotella, Fusobacterium, and Other Anaerobic Gram-Negative Bacteria

32. Campylobacter and Arcobacter

33. Helicobacter

34. Chlamydia

35. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

36. Leptospira, Borrelia, and Treponema

37. Rickettsia, Oreintia, Ehrlichia, and Coxiella

38. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

39. Molecular Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections

40. Stains, Media, and Reagents

Index