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• 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 I Safety & Specimen Management
• 4 Laboratory Safety
• 5 Specimen Management
• Section II 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 Immunochemical Methods Used for Organism Detection
• 10 Serologic Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
• Section III Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity
• 11 Principles of Antimicrobial Action & Resistance
• 12 Laboratory Methods and Strategies for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
• Part III Bacteriology
• Section 1 Principles of Identification
• 13 Overview of Bacterial Identification Methods and Strategies
• 14 General Considerations and Applications of Information Provided in Bacterial Sections of Part IIINEW!
• 15 Bacterial Identification Flow Charts and Schemes: A Guide to Part IIINEW!
• Section 2 Catalase-Positive, Gram-Positive Cocci
• 16 Staphylococcus, Micrococcus, and Similar Organisms
• Section 3 Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Cocci
• 17 Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and Similar Organisms
• Section 4 Non-Branching, Catalase-Positive, Gram-Positive Bacilli
• 18 Bacillus and Similar Organisms
• 19 Listeria, Corynebacterium, and Similar Organisms
• Section 5 Non-Branching, Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Bacilli
• 20 Erysipelothirix, Lactobacillus, and Similar Organisms
• Section 6 Branching or Partially Acid-Fast, Gram-Positive Bacilli
• 21 Nocardia, Streptomyces, Rhodococcus, Oerskovia, and Similar Organisms
• Section 7 Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Positive, Oxidase-Negative)
• 22 Enterobacteriaceae
• 23 Acinetobacter, Stenotrophomonas, and Other Organisms
• Section 8 Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Positive, Oxidase-Positive)
• 24 Pseudomonas, Burkholderia, and Similar Organisms
• 25 Achromobacter, Rhizobium, Ochrobactrum, and Similar Organisms
• 26 Chryseobacterium, Sphingobacterium, and Similar Organisms
• 27 Alcaligenes, Bordetella (Nonpertussis), Comamonas, and Similar Organisms
• 28 Vibrio, Aeromonas, Plesiomonas shigelloides, and Chromobacterium violaceum
• Section 9 Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Negative, Oxidase-Positive)
• 29 Sphingomonas paucimobilis and Similar Organisms
• 30 Moraxella
• 31 Eikenella corrodens and Similar Organisms
• 32 Pasteurella and Similar Organisms
• 33 Actinobacillus, Kingella, Cardiobacterium, Capnocytophaga, and Similar Organisms
• Section 10 Gram-Negative Bacilli and Coccobacilli (MacConkey-Negative, Oxidase-Variable)
• 34 Haemophilus
• Section 11 Gram-Negative Bacilli that are Optimally Recovered on Special Media
• 35 Bartonella and Afipia
• 36 Campylobacter, Arcobacter, and Helicobacter
• 37 Legionella
• 38 Brucella
• 39 Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis
• 40 Francisella
• 41 Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus
• Section 12 Gram-Negative Cocci
• 42 Neisseria and Moraxella catarrhalis
• Section 13 Anaerobic Bacteriology
• 43 Overview and General Considerations
• 44 Laboratory Considerations
• Section 14 Mycobacteria and Other Bacteria with Unusual Growth Requirements
• 45 Mycobacteria
• 46 Obligate Intracellular and Nonculturable Bacterial Agents
• 47 Cell Wall-Deficient Bacteria: Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma
• 48 The Spirochetes
• Part IV Parasitology