An Atlas of the Clinical Microbiology of Infectious Diseases, Volume 1 - Bacterial Agents

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.

List of contents

Foreword. Gram-positive, Branching and Non-brancing, Non-acid-fast, Bacillary Species. Gram-positive, Aerobic, Branching, Partially acid-fast Species. Acid-fast Bacilli: Mycobacterium. Fermenting, Gram-negative, Facultative Anaerobic Bacilli. Non-fermenting, Gram-negative Aerobic Bacilli. Anaerobes. Fastidious, Gram-negative Bacilli. Gram-positive, Catalase-positive Cocci. Gram-positive, Catalase-negative Cocci. Gram-negative Cocci. Curved and Spiral Species. Intracellular Bacterial Species. Bibliography. Index.

About the author

Bottone, Edward J.

Summary

Filled with highly instructional visual images, this atlas covers typical and atypical presentations of micro organisms covering the breadth of clinical microbiology and offers insightful comments aiding their identification and clinical significance.

Product details

• Authors: Edward J. Bottone, Edward J. (Phd Bottone, Bottone Edward J.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2003
• EAN: 9781842142196
• ISBN: 978-1-84214-219-6
• No. of pages: 160
• Weight: 771 g
• Series: Encyclopedia of Visual Medicin; Encyclopedia of Visual Medicin
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases, MEDICAL / Microbiology, Infectious & contagious diseases, Medical microbiology & virology, Infectious and contagious diseases, Medical microbiology and virology