Develop your students’ lab skills with the essential text for diagnostic microbiology! Bailey & Scott’s Diagnostic Microbiology, Sixteenth 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 covers more advanced techniques such as matrix-assisted laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Supported with case studies and an online laboratory manual on the Evolve companion website, Diagnostic Microbiology has everything your students need to get accurate test results in class and in clinical practice.
NEW!Expanded molecular content enhances each specific organism area
NEW!Revised life cycle illustrations clarify and reinforce important components
More than 800 high-quality, full-color illustrations help students visualize key concepts
Expanded sections on parasitology, mycology, and virology allow you to use just one book, eliminating the need for students to purchase other microbiology textbooks for these topics
Case studies and step-by-step procedures in the ebook version (sold separately) and on the Evolve companion website allow students to see what takes place in the lab and to apply their knowledge to diagnostic scenarios.
Learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter provide measurable outcomes to achieve by completing the chapter material.
Review questions at the end of each chapter in the ebook version (sold separately) and on the Evolve companion website help students apply and assess the knowledge they’ve learned
Genera and Species boxes provide handy, at-a-glance summaries at the beginning of each organism chapter
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. Overview of Cultivation and Systems for 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 and 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 Nonbranching, Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Bacilli 17. Erysipelothrix, 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. Enterobacterales 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, Comamonas, and Similar Organisms 25. Vibrio, Aeromonas, Plesiomonas shigelloides, and and Chromobacterium violaceum Section 9 Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Negative, Oxidase-Positive) 26. Sphingomonas and Similar Organisms 27. Moraxella and Neisseria spp. 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 33. Campylobacter, Arcobacter, and Helicobacter 34. Legionella 35. Brucella 36. Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis 37. Francisella 38. Streptobacillus spp. and Similar Organisms Section 12 Gram-Negative Cocci 39. Neisseria and Moraxella catarrhalis Section 13 Anaerobic Bacteriology 40. Overview and General Laboratory 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 Protozoa 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, Mucorales, Basidiobolales, Entomophthorales, Dermatophytes, and Opportunistic and Systemic Mycoses 60. Dematiaceous Molds 61. Pneumocystis jirovecii, Lagenidium, Paralegenidium, Pythium, Rhinosporidium and Uncultivated Paracoccidioides 62. The Yeasts and Yeastlike Organisms 63. Antifungal Susceptibility Testing, Therapy, and Prevention
Part VI Virology 64. Overview of the Methods and Strategies in Virology 65. Viruses and Prions 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 System 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 Prevention and Control 79. Sentinel Laboratory Response to Bioterrorism
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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