Essential Procedures for Clinical Microbiology

by Isenberg, Henry D.

• ISBN13: 9781555811259
• ISBN10: 1555811256
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Amer Society for Microbiology

Summary

In response to numerous requests for a guide to the examinations that constitute the core of clinical microbiology, the editors of the Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook have developed Essential Procedures for Clinical Microbiology (EPCM). EPCM provides a concise approach to the performance of laboratory analyses aimed at identifying whenever possible the etiological agents of infectious diseases with presently available modalities. The methods included in this guide are not exhaustive; rather, they represent the choices of a group of experts in the various divisions that make up the discipline of clinical microbiology. The format of this volume will enable the reader to follow a specimen through all of the steps from its proper collection to a final report issued to the clinician. EPCM includes numerous tables, flow sheets, and illustrations. This is an essential reference intended as a laboratory workbook for clinical microbiologists performing microbiological

Table of Contents

Editorial Board	vii	(2)
Abbreviations	ix	(4)
Preface	xiii	(2)
Acknowledgments	xv
1 Collection, Transport, and Manipulation of Clinical Specimens and Initial Laboratory Concerns	1	(36)
2 Aerobic Bacteriology	37	(90)
3 Anaerobic Bacteriology	127	(42)
4 Mycobacteriology	169	(36)
5 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing	205	(50)
6 Mycology and Aerobic Actinomycetes	255	(106)
7 Parasitology	361	(90)
8 Viruses, Rickettsiae, Chlamydiae, and Mycoplasmas	451	(110)
9 Immunology	561	(18)
10 Molecular Biology	579	(90)
11 Epidemiologic and Infection Control Microbiology	669	(24)
12 Instrument Maintenance and Quality Control	693	(38)
13 Quality Assessment and Control	731	(18)
14 Safety in the Microbiology Laboratory	749	(56)
APPENDIX A Selected Commercial Suppliers for Clinical Microbiology	805	(14)
Index	819