Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology

7 Edición - 2 de noviembre de 2022
Última edición
Autores: Connie R. Mahon, Donald C. Lehman
Idioma: Inglés

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Laboratory Technology**Gain the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in the clinical lab! Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology… Leer más

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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Laboratory Technology**

Gain the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in the clinical lab! Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, 7th Edition uses a reader-friendly "building-block" approach to help you learn the essentials of diagnostic microbiology. Featuring full-color drawings and photos, this text helps you learn to develop the critical thinking and problem-solving skills necessary to the accurate diagnosis of infectious diseases and the identification of infectious agents. Written by noted educators Connie R. Mahon and Donald C. Lehman, this edition adds new content on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, along with the latest information on prevention, treatment modalities, and CDC guidelines.

Puntos claves

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 studies 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
Issues to Consider boxes list important points to think about while reading the chapter
Case Checks in each chapter highlight specific points in the text and show how they connect to case studies
Bolded key terms with abbreviations are listed at the beginning of each chapter, showing the most important and relevant terms in each chapter
Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter supply you with a measurable learning outcome to achieve by completing the material
Points to Remember sections at the end of each chapter provide a bulleted list of key concepts
Learning Assessment Questions at the conclusion of each chapter help you to think critically and to evaluate how well you have mastered the material
Agents of Bioterror and Forensic Microbiology chapter provides the most current information about these important topics
Glossary at the end of the book supplies you with a quick reference for looking up definitions of key terms

De interès para

Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS/MT) students, Clinical Laboratory Technician (CLT/MLT) students, Doctor of CLS (DCLS) students

Índice

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 assessmentquestions
Appendix B Selected bacteriologic culture media
Appendix C Selected mycology culture media and stains
Appendix D Selected procedures

Detalles del producto

Edición: 7
Última edición
Publicado: 2 de noviembre de 2022
Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los autores

Connie R. Mahon

Connie R. Mahon Director, Organization Development (Retired), Health Resources and Services Administration, Learning Institute, Rockville, Maryland; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Integrative Health Sciences Department, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC

Afiliaciones y experiencia

Director, Organization Development (Retired), Health Resources and Services Administration, Learning Institute, Rockville, Maryland; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Integrative Health Sciences Department, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

Donald C. Lehman