Atlas of the Clinical Microbiology of Infectious Diseases Volume 1

• Presents diagnostic microbiology photographs of a range of bacterial agents augmented with many photographs of patients' clinical presentation
• Provides a little pearl of additional knowledge with each illustration
• Includes coverage of newly described microbial agents and their identifying characteristics
• Draws on the expertise of a distinguished clinical microbiologist

Filled with highly instructional visual images, An Atlas of the Clinical Microbiology of Infectious Diseases, Volume 1: Bacterial Agents contains typical and atypical presentations and identifying characteristics of microorganisms, including newly described microbial agents, covering the breadth of clinical microbiology.

The book presents more than 425 color photomicrographs harvested over the author's 40-year career augmented by up-to-date text describing each microbial entity included and offering insightful comments on their clinical significance.

Contents

1. Gram-positive, Branching and Non-branching, Non-acid-fast, Bacillary Species
2. Gram-positive, Aerobic, Branching, Partially acid-fast Species
3. Acid-fast Bacilli: Mycobacterium
4. Fermenting, Gram-negative, Facultative Anaerobic Bacilli
5. Non-fermenting, Gram-negative Aerobic Bacilli
6. Anaerobes
7. Fastidious, Gram-negative Bacilli
8. Gram-positive, Catalase-positive Cocci
9. Gram-positive, Catalase-negative Cocci
10. Gram-negative Cocci
11. Curved and Spiral Species
12. Intracellular Bacterial Species

Index

See also:
Atlas of the Clinical Microbiology of Infectious Diseases Volume Two: Viral, Fungal, and Parasitic Agents

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