Table of Contents

General Issues in Clinical Microbiology; The Clinical Microbiology Laboratory in Infection Control and Prevention; Diagnostic Technologies in Clinical Microbiology; Bacteriology; Gram-Positive Cocci; Gram-Positive Rods; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Anaerobic Bacteria; Curved and Spiral-Shaped Gram-Negative Rods; Mycoplasmas and Obligate Intracellular Bacteria; Virology; Mycology; Parasitology; Antimicrobial Agents and Susceptibility Testing; Reagents, Stains, and Media