TY - BOOK AU - Tille,Patricia M. TI - Bailey & Scott's diagnostic microbiology SN - 9780443118913 AV - QR67 .B33 2026 U1 - 616.07 23/eng/20231129 PY - 2026/// CY - St. Louis, Missouri PB - Elsevier KW - Diagnostic microbiology KW - Textbooks KW - Microbiological Techniques KW - Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures KW - Microbiological Phenomena KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - Perfect your lab skills with the essential text for diagnostic microbiology! Bailey & Scott’s Diagnostic Microbiology, 16th Edition Is known as the #1 bench reference for practicing microbiologists and the preeminent text for students in clinical laboratory science programs. 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. Written by noted CLS educator Dr. Patricia Tille, Diagnostic Microbiology has everything you need to get accurate lab test results in class and in clinical practice ER -