ISBN:
9780443384042
Copyright:
2028
Page Count:
1139
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$149.99
Mahon and Lehman's Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, 8th Edition
by Connie R. Mahon, M.S.MT(ASCP) and Donald C. Lehman, EdD, MLS(ASCP)cm, SM(NRCM)
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780443384042
Copyright:
2028
Page Count:
1139
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$149.99
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- Updated Learning Assessment Questions at the conclusion of each chapter help you to think critically and to evaluate how well you have mastered the material
- Case Studies and Learning Objectives updated to reflect new chapter material
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- Building-block approach encourages you to use previously learned information in mastering new material
- Full-color photographs and photomicrographs make it easier to understand and apply diagnostic microbiology concepts
- Case Study and Case in Point features 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
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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 assessment questions
Appendix B Selected bacteriologic culture media [e-only]
Appendix C Selected mycology culture media and stains [e-only]
Appendix D Selected procedures [e-only] Glossary Index -
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