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.