Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

Section I: Laboratory methods in clinical microbiology 1

1 Introduction 3

2 Microbiology laboratory methods 12

Section II: Prions and viruses 47

3 Prions 49

4 General virology 51

5 DNA viruses (excluding hepatitis B virus) 55

6 RNA viruses (excluding hepatitis viruses, arthropod‐borne viruses, and bat and rodent excreta viruses) 74

7 Hepatitis viruses 99

8 Arthropod‐borne viruses (arboviruses), hantaviruses, arenaviruses, and filoviruses 104

Section III: Bacteriology 121

9 Bacteriology 123

10 Gram‐positive cocci 141

11 Gram‐negative cocci 162

12 Gram‐positive rods 168

13 Gram‐negative rods 178

14 Anaerobic bacteria 205

15 Mycoplasmas, Chlamydiae, Rickettsiae, and Ehrlichiae 217

16 Spirochetes 229

17 Mycobacteria 243

Section IV: Mycology 259

18 Fungi 261

19 Yeasts 268

20 Dimorphic endemic fungi 277

21 Molds 289

Section V: Parasitology 303

22 Parasitology 305

23 Intestinal protozoa 312

24 Tissue and blood protozoa 328

25 Helminths 358

26 Ectoparasites 389

Section VI: Clinical cases 397

27 Cases 399

Section VII: Appendices 431

Appendix 1: Taxonomy of infectious agents infecting humans and lists of infectious agents according to their source 433

Appendix 2: Clinical syndromes and their causative organisms 449

Appendix 3: General references and online resources 455

Index 457

About the Author

Frank E. Berkowitz is an Infectious Diseases Specialist in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA, USA.

Robert C. Jerris is the Director of Clinical Microbiology at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta in Atlanta, GA, USA.