Research Catalog

Title

Bailey & Scott's diagnostic microbiology / Ellen Jo Baron, Lance R. Peterson, Sydney M. Finegold.

Author

Baron, Ellen Jo.

Publication

St. Louis : Mosby, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

• Finegold, Sydney M., 1921-
• Peterson, Lance R.

Description

xiv, 958 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Alternative Title

• Bailey and Scott's diagnostic microbiology.
• Diagnostic microbiology.

Subjects

• Microbiological Techniques
• Diagnostic microbiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. 1. Organization and Function of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory. 1. Diagnostic Microbiology: Purpose and Philosophy. 2. Laboratory Safety. 3. Laboratory Organization and Continuous Quality Assessment. 4. Managing the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory: Effective Patient Care in a Cost-Conscious Environment. 5. The Role of the Microbiologist in Medical Practice / John A. Washington II. 6. Hospital Epidemiology -- Pt. 2. Handling Clinical Specimens for Microbiological Studies. 7. Selection, Collection, and Transport of Specimens for Microbiological Examination. 8. Optical Methods for Laboratory Diagnosis of Infections Disease. 9. Cultivation and Isolation of Viable Pathogens. 10. Conventional and Rapid Microbiological Methods for Identification of Bacteria and Fungi. 11. Nontraditional Methods for Identification and Detection of Pathogens or Their Products. 12. Principles of Automated Methods for Diagnostic Microbiology. 13. Diagnostic Immunological Principles and Methods.
• 14. Methods for Testing Antimicrobial Effectiveness -- Pt. 3. Etiological Agents Recovered from Clinical Material. 15. Microorganisms Encountered in the Blood. 16. Microorganisms Encountered in the Cerebrospinal Fluid. 17. Microorganisms Encountered in the Respiratory Tract. 18. Microorganisms Encountered in the Gastrointestinal Tract. 19. Microorganisms Encountered in the Urinary Tract. 20. Genital and Sexually Transmitted Pathogens. 21. Microorganisms Encountered in Wounds, Abscesses, Skin, and Soft Tissue Lesions. 22. Microorganisms Encountered in Solid Tissue, Bone, Bone Marrow, and Body Fluids. 23. Infections of the Head and Neck. 24. Infections in the Vulnerable Host -- Pt. 4. Methods for Identification of Etiological Agents of Infectious Disease. 25. Micrococcaceae: Staphylococci, Micrococci, and Stomatococci. 26. Streptococci and Related Genera. 27. Aerobic Gram-Negative Cocci (Neisseria and Moraxella Catarrhalis).

ISBN

0801669871

LCCN

93040119

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries