cover image - Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 15th Edition
ISBN: 9780323796606
Copyright: 2022
Publication Date: 03-30-2021
Page Count: 1184
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $121.99

Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 15th Edition

by Patricia M. Tille, PhD, MLS(ASCP), AHI(AMT), FACSc

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 15th Edition
ISBN: 9780323796606
Copyright: 2022
Publication Date: 03-30-2021
Page Count: 1184
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $121.99
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Develop your students’ lab skills with the essential text for diagnostic microbiology! Bailey & Scott’s Diagnostic Microbiology, 15th Edition Is known as the preeminent text for students in clinical laboratory science programs and the #1 bench reference for practicing microbiologists. With hundreds of full-color illustrations and step-by-step methods for procedures, this text provides a solid, basic understanding of diagnostic microbiology and also covers more advanced techniques such as matrix-assisted laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Supported with case studies and an online lab manual on Evolve, Diagnostic Microbiology has everything your students need to get accurate test results in class and in clinical practice,

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    • New! Updated content includes infectious disease trends and new illustrations such as culture plate images of real specimens, complex gram stains, lactophenol cotton blue microscopy, and more.
    • NEW COVID-19 information has been added.
    • Expanded sections on parasitology, mycology, and virology allow you to use just one book, eliminating the need for students to purchase other microbiology textbooks on these topics.
    • Hands-on procedures show students exactly what takes place in the lab, including step-by-step methods, photos, and expected results.
    • Genera and Species boxes provide handy, at-a-glance summaries at the beginning of each organism chapter.
    • UPDATED topics include the Human Microbiome Project, expanded MALDI-TOF applications and molecular diagnostics in conjunction with traditional microbiology, additional streps, and significant news in mycology.
    • UPDATED instructor lab manual and additional test bank questions are included on the Evolve companion website.
    • More than 800 high-quality, full-color illustrations help students visualize concepts.
    • Learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter provide measurable outcomes for students to achieve by completing the chapter material.
    • A glossary defines terms at the back of the book and on Evolve.
    • Additional resources on Evolve include a test bank, lecture slides, and images for classroom preparation and study.
    • New! Updated content includes infectious disease trends and new illustrations such as culture plate images of real specimens, complex gram stains, lactophenol cotton blue microscopy, and more.
    • NEW COVID-19 information has been added.
    • UPDATED topics include the Human Microbiome Project, expanded MALDI-TOF applications and molecular diagnostics in conjunction with traditional microbiology, additional streps, and significant news in mycology.
    • EXPANDED glossary defines terms on the Evolve companion website.
  • PART I: BASIC MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
    1. Microbial Taxonomy
    2. Bacterial Genetics, Metabolism, and Structure
    3. Host-Microorganism Interactions
    PART II: GENERAL PRINCIPLES IN CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
    Section 1: Safety and Specimen Management
    4. Laboratory Safety
    5. Specimen Management
    Section 2: Approaches to Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
    6. Role of Microscopy
    7. Traditional Cultivation and Identification
    8. Nucleic Acid-Based Analytic Methods for Microbial Identification and Characterization
    9. Overview of Immunochemical Methods Used for Organism Detection
    Section 3: Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity
    10. Principles of Antimicrobial Action & Resistance
    11. Laboratory Methods and Strategies for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
    PART III: BACTERIOLOGY
    Section 1: Principles of Identification
    12. Overview of Bacterial Identification Methods and Strategies
    Section 2: Catalase-Positive, Gram-Positive Cocci
    13. Staphylococcus, Micrococcus, and Similar Organisms
    Section 3: Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Cocci
    14. Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and Similar Organisms
    Section 4: Non-Branching, Catalase-Positive, Gram-Positive Bacilli
    15. Bacillus and Similar Organisms
    16. Listeria, Corynebacterium, and Similar Organisms
    Section 5: Non-Branching, Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Bacilli
    17. Erysipelothirix, Lactobacillus, and Similar Organisms
    Section 6: Branching or Partially Acid-Fast, Gram-Positive Bacilli
    18. Nocardia, Streptomyces, Rhodococcus, and Similar Organisms
    Section 7: Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Positive, Oxidase-Negative)
    19. Enterobacteriaceae
    20. Acinetobacter, Stenotrophomonas, and Other Organisms
    Section 8: Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Positive, Oxidase-Positive)
    21. Pseudomonas, Burkholderia, and Similar Organisms
    22. Achromobacter, Rhizobium, Ochrobactrum, and Similar Organisms
    23. Chryseobacterium, Sphingobacterium, and Similar Organisms
    24. Alcaligenes, Bordetella (Nonpertussis), Comamonas, and Similar Organisms
    25. Vibrio, Aeromonas, Plesiomonas shigelloides, and Chromobacterium violaceum
    Section 9: Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Negative, Oxidase-Positive)
    26. Sphingomonas paucimobilis and Similar Organisms
    27. Moraxella
    28. Eikenella corrodens and Similar Organisms
    29. Pasteurella and Similar Organisms
    30. Actinobacillus, Kingella, Cardiobacterium, Capnocytophaga, and Similar Organisms
    Section 10: Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Negative, Oxidase-Variable)
    31. Haemophilus
    Section 11: Gram-Negative Bacilli that are Optimally Recovered on Special Media
    32. Bartonella and Afipia
    33. Campylobacter, Arcobacter, and Helicobacter
    34. Legionella
    35. Brucella
    36. Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis
    37. Francisella
    38. Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus
    Section 12: Gram-Negative Cocci
    39. Neisseria and Moraxella catarrhalis
    Section 13: Anaerobic Bacteriology
    40. Overview and General Considerations
    41. Overview of Anaerobic Organisms
    Section 14: Mycobacteria and Other Bacteria with Unusual Growth Requirements
    42. Mycobacteria
    43. Obligate Intracellular and Nonculturable Bacterial Agents
    44. Cell Wall-Deficient Bacteria: Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma
    45. The Spirochetes
    PART IV: PARASITOLOGY
    46. Overview of the Methods and Strategies in Parasitology
    47. Intestinal Protozoa
    48. Blood and Tissue Protoza
    49. Protozoa from Other Body Sites
    50. Intestinal Nematodes
    51. Tissue Nematodes
    52. Blood and Tissue Filarial Nematodes
    53. Intestinal Cestodes
    54. Tissue Cestodes
    55. Intestinal Trematodes
    56. Liver and Lung Trematodes
    57. Blood Trematodes
    PART V: MYCOLOGY
    58. Overview of Fungal Identification Methods and Strategies
    59. Hyaline Molds, Zygomycetes, Dermatophytes, and Opportunistic and Systemic Mycoses
    60. Dematiaceious Molds
    61. Opportunistic Atypical Fungus: P. jiroveci
    62. The Yeasts
    63. Antifungal Susceptibility Testing, Therapy and Prevention
    PART VI: VIROLOGY
    64. Overview of the Methods and Strategies in Virology
    65. Viruses in Human Disease
    66. Antiviral Therapy, Susceptibility Testing and Prevention
    PART VII: DIAGNOSIS BY ORGAN SYSTEM
    67. Bloodstream Infections
    68. Infections of the Lower Respiratory Tract
    69. Upper Respiratory Tract Infections and Other Infections of the Oral Cavity and Neck
    70. Meningitis and Other Infections of the Central Nervous Systems
    71. Infections of the Eyes, Ears, and Sinuses
    72. Infections of the Urinary Tract
    73. Genital Tract Infections
    74. Gastrointestinal Tract Infections
    75. Skin, Soft Tissue, and Wound Infections
    76. Normally Sterile Body Fluids, Bone and Bone Marrow, and Solid Tissues
    PART VIII: CLINICAL LABORATORY MANAGEMENT
    77. Quality in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
    78. Infection Control
    79. Sentinel Laboratory Response to Bioterrorism
    Glossary
  • Patricia M. Tille, PhD, MLS(ASCP), AHI(AMT), FACSc, Department Vice Chair, Clinical and Health Information Sciences, Graduate Program Director/Professor, Medical Laboratory Science, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; Chair, Microbiology Advisory Committee, International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science; Editor in Chief, International Journal of Biomedical Laboratory Science, International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science; President, American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science, USA
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