ISBN:
9780323832731
Copyright:
2023
Publication Date:
11-16-2022
Page Count:
1088
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$121.99
Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 7th Edition
by Connie R. Mahon, M.S.MT(ASCP) and Donald C. Lehman, EdD, MLS(ASCP)cm, SM(NRCM)
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource - Access Card
ISBN:
9780323832731
Copyright:
2023
Publication Date:
11-16-2022
Page Count:
1088
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$121.99
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Provide your students with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in the clinical lab! Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, 7th Edition uses a reader-friendly "building-block" approach to help students learn the essentials of diagnostic microbiology. Featuring full-color drawings and photos, this text shows how to to develop the critical thinking and problem-solving skills necessary to the accurate diagnosis of infectious diseases and the identification of infectious agents. This edition adds new content on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, along with the latest information on prevention, treatment modalities, and CDC guidelines.
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- NEW! Information about SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 is added to this edition.
- NEW! Updated content is included throughout the book, and several chapters are reorganized and refocused.
- NEW! Enterobacteriaceae chapter is updated.
- Building-block approach encourages students to use previously learned information in mastering new material.
- Full-color photographs and photomicrographs make it easier for students to understand and apply diagnostic microbiology concepts.
- Case studies describe clinical and laboratory findings, offering opportunities to correlate observations with possible etiologic agents and to build critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Hands-on procedures in the appendices describe techniques used in the lab setting, making content more practical and relevant.
- Issues to Consider boxes list important points to think about while reading the chapter.
- Case Checks in each chapter highlight specific points in the text and show how they connect to case studies.
- Bolded key terms with abbreviations are listed at the beginning of each chapter, showing the most important and relevant terms in each chapter.
- Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter supply a measurable learning outcome to achieve by completing the material.
- Points to Remember sections at the end of each chapter provide a bulleted list of key concepts.
- Learning Assessment Questions at the conclusion of each chapter help students to think critically and to evaluate how well they have mastered the material.
- Agents of Bioterror and Forensic Microbiology chapter provides the most current information about these important topics.
- An editable and printable lab manual on the Evolve website provides additional learning opportunities, using real-life scenarios and review questions to reinforce concepts.
- Glossary at the end of the book supplies a quick reference for looking up definitions of key terms.
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- NEW! Information about SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 is added to this edition.
- NEW! Updated content is included throughout the book, and several chapters are reorganized and refocused.
- NEW! Enterobacteriaceae chapter is updated.
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Part 1: Introduction to clinical microbiology
1. Bacterial cell structure, physiology, metabolism, and genetics
2. Host-parasite interaction
3. The laboratory role in infection control
4. Control of microorganisms: disinfection, sterilization, and microbiology safety
5. Performance improvement in the microbiology laboratory
6. Specimen collection and processing
7. Microscopic examination of materials from infected sites
8. Use of colony morphology for the presumptive identification of microorganisms
9. Biochemical identification of gram-negative bacteria
10. Immunodiagnosis of infectious diseases
11. Applications of molecular diagnostics
12. Antibacterial mechanisms of action and bacterial resistance mechanisms
13. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Part 2: Laboratory identification of significant isolates
14. Staphylococcus and similar organisms
15. Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and other catalase-negative, gram-positive cocci
16. Aerobic gram-positive bacilli
17. Neisseria species and Moraxella catarrhalis
18. Haemophilus, HACEK group, Legionella, and other fastidious gram-negative bacilli
19. Enterobacterales
20. Vibrio, Aeromonas, Campylobacter, and Campylobacter-like species
21. Nonfermenting and miscellaneous gram-negative bacilli
22. Anaerobes of clinical importance
23. The spirochetes
24. Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and similar organisms
25. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma
26. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria
27. Medically significant fungi
28. Diagnostic parasitology
29. Clinical virology
30. Agents of bioterror and forensic microbiology
31. Biofilms: architects of disease
Part 3: Laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases: an organ system approach to diagnostic microbiology
32. Upper and lower respiratory tract infections
33. Skin and soft tissue infections
34. Gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning
35. Infections of the central nervous system
36. Bacteremia and sepsis
37. Urinary tract infections
38. Genital infections and sexually transmitted infections
39. Infections in special populations
40. Zoonotic diseases
41. Ocular infections
Appendix A Answers to learning assessmentquestions
Appendix B Selected bacteriologic culture media
Appendix C Selected mycology culture media and stains
Appendix D Selected procedures
Glossary
Index
