BookChristopher D. Doern.
Summary: "With fast facts and packed with tables, this useful updated edition continues to present valuable quick-reference information to the clinical microbiology community in a small package. Along with specifics on pathogenic microorganisms, there is updated information on essential diagnostic techniques--MALDI-TOF MS and sequencing--and a greatly expanded section on susceptibility testing."--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Section 1. Taxonomic classifcation of medically important microorganisms
Section 2. Indigenous and pathogenic microbes of humans
Section 3. Specimen collection and transport
Section 4. Bacterial diagnosis
SEction 5. Viral diagnosis
Section 6. Fungal diagnosis
Section 7. Parasitic diagnosis
Section 8. Vaccines, susceptibility testing, and methods of organism identification.