Color Atlas of Medical Bacteriology (ASM Books)

This unique visual reference presents more than 750 brilliant, four-color images of bacterial isolates commonly encountered in diagnostic microbiology and the methods used to identify them, including microscopic and phenotypic characteristics, colony morphology, and biochemical properties. Chapters cover the most important bacterial pathogens and related organisms, including updated taxonomy, epidemiology, pathogenicity, laboratory and antibiotic susceptibility testing, and molecular biology methodology Tables summarize and compare key biochemical reactions and other significant characteristics New to this edition is a separate chapter covering the latest developments in total laboratory automation The comprehensive chapter on stains, media, and reagents is now augmented with histopathology images A new Fast Facts chapter presents tables that summarize and illustrate the most significant details for some of the more commonly encountered organisms For the first time, this easy-to-use atlas is available digitally for enhanced searching. Color Atlas of Medical Bacteriology remains the most valuable illustrative supplement for lectures and laboratory presentations, as well as for laboratorians, clinicians, students, and anyone interested in diagnostic medical bacteriology. Preface Acknowledgments Technical Notes 1. Staphylococcus and Micrococcus Ellena M. Peterson 2. Streptococcus Ellena M. Peterson 3. Enterococcus Ellena M. Peterson 4. Aerococcus, Abiotrophia, and Other Miscellaneous Gram-Positive Cocci That Grow Aerobically Marie T. Pezzlo 5. Coryneform Gram-Positive Bacilli Marie T. Pezzlo 6. Listeria and Erysipelothrix Luis M. De La Maza 7. Bacillus Marie T. Pezzlo 8. Nocardia, Rhodococcus, Actinomadura, Streptomyces, Gordonia, and Other Aerobic Actinomycetes Luis M. De La Maza 9. Mycobacterium Luis M. De la maza 10. Introduction to Enterobacterales Marie T. Pezzlo 11. Escherichia, Shigella, and Salmonella Marie T. Pezzlo 12. Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Citrobacter, Cronobacter, Serratia, Plesiomonas, and Selected Other Enterobacterales Marie T. Pezzlo 13. Yersinia Marie T. Pezzlo 14. Vibrionaceae Marie T. Pezzlo 15. Aeromonas Marie T. Pezzlo 16. Pseudomonas Marie T. Pezzlo 17. Burkholderia, Stenotrophomonas, Ralstonia, Cupriavidus, Pandoraea, Brevundimonas, Comamonas, Delftia, and Acidovorax Marie T. Pezzlo 18. Acinetobacter, Chryseobacterium, Moraxella, Methylobacterium, and Other Nonfermentative Gram-Negative Bacilli Marie T. Pezzlo 19. Actinobacillus, Aggregatibacter, Capnocytophaga, Eikenella, Kingella, Pasteurella, and Other Fastidious or Rarely Encountered Gram-Negative Bacilli Marie T. Pezzlo 20. Legionella Ellena M. Peterson 21. Neisseria Ellena M. Peterson 22. Haemophilus Ellena M. Peterson 23. Bordetella and Related Genera Ellena M. Peterson 24. Brucella Luis M. De La Maza 25. Bartonella Luis M. De La Maza 26. Francisella Luis M. De La Maza 27. Introduction to Anaerobic Bacteria Luis M. De La Maza 28. Clostridium and Clostridioides Luis M. De La Maza 29. Peptostreptococcus, Finegoldia, Anaerococcus, Peptoniphilus, Cutibacterium, Lactobacillus, Actinomyces, and Other Non-Spore-Forming, Anaerobic Gram-Positive Bacteria Luis M. De La Maza 30. Bacteroides, Porphyromonas, Prevotella, Fusobacterium, and Other Anaerobic Gram-Negative Bacteria Luis M. De la maza 31. Campylobacter and Arcobacter Luis M. De La Maza 32. Helicobacter Luis M. De La Maza 33. Chlamydia Ellena M. Peterson 34. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma Luis M. De La Maza 35. Leptospira, Borrelia, Treponema, and Brachyspira Luis M. De La Maza 36. Rickettsia, Orientia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Coxiella Luis M. De La Maza 37. Tropheryma whipplei Luis M. De La Maza 38. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Ellena M. Peterson 39. Molecular Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections Luis M. De La Maza 40. Total Laboratory Automation Cassiana E. Bittencourt 41. Stains, Media, Reagents, and Histopathology Cassiana E. Bittencourt and Marie T. Pezzlo 42. Bacteria: Fast Facts Cassiana E. Bittencourt Index "A unique visual reference for the diagnostic microbiology laboratory Conceived by a team of authors with decades of classroom and laboratory experience, the Color Atlas of Medical Bacteriology includes more than 730 brilliant, four-color images of common pathogenic bacteria and descriptions of the methods used to identify them, including microscopic and phenotypic characteristics, colonial morphology, and biochemical properties. Each chapter, organized by pathogen and taxonomic group, begins with a brief introduction that provides a contextual framework for the images. This second edition embraces the latest developments in molecular biology methodology in the diagnostic laboratory with a new chapter examining the breadth and possibilities of these new techniques. Also, in light of the alarming emergence of antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial susceptibility testing is addressed in another new chapter. The final chapter on stains, media, and reagents details the most common methods and biochemical reactions used in the identification of pathogenic bacteria. The book's hundreds of illustrations, of typical stains, colony morphologies, and biochemical reactions of bacteria most frequently encountered in the clinical laboratory, have been thoroughly updated. A valuable illustrative supplement for lectures and laboratory presentations, this easy-to-use atlas was written for laboratorians, clinicians, students, and anyone interested in the field of diagnostic medical bacteriology"-- Provided by publisher