Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology.

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Introduction to microbiology Part 1 - the role of microbiology laboratory in the diagnosis of infectious diseases - guidelines to practice and management introduction to microbiology Part 2 - guidelines for the collection, transport, processing, analysis, and reporting of cultures from specific specimen types the enterobacteriaceae the nonfermentative gram-negative bacilli curved gram-negative bacilli and oxidase-positive fermenters - compaylobacters and bivrionaceae haemophilus miscellaneous fastidious gram-negative bacilli legionella neisseria and morxaella catarrhalis the gram-positive cocci Part 1 - staphylococci and related organisms the gram-positive cocci Part 2 - streptococci and streptococcus-like bacteria the aerobic gram-positive bacilli the anaerobic bacteria antimicrobial susceptibility testing mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas mycobacteria spirochetal infections mycology parasitology diagnosis of infections caused by viruses, chlamydia, rickettsia, and related organisms current rapid techniques and emerging technologies in the laboratory diagnois of infectious diseases.