Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- SECTION I: Laboratory methods in clinical microbiology -- CHAPTER 1: Introduction -- Taxonomy -- Purposes of the clinical microbiology laboratory -- Principles of diagnostic testing -- How do we know the true state (disease or no disease)? -- Antimicrobial resistance -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 2: Microbiology laboratory methods -- Reasons for making a microbial diagnosis -- Basic methods used in microbiology -- Bacteriologic methods -- How precise should a microbiologic diagnosis be? -- Virologic methods -- Detecting and identifying fungi -- Detecting and identifying parasites -- Laboratory safety -- Further reading -- Resource -- SECTION II: Prions and viruses -- CHAPTER 3: Prions -- Diagnosis -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 4: General virology -- Properties of viruses -- Taxonomy of viruses -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 5: DNA viruses (excluding hepatitis B virus) -- Herpesviruses (Herpesviridae) -- Adenoviruses (Adenoviridae) -- Polyomaviruses (Polyomaviridae) -- Papillomaviruses (Papillomaviridae) -- Poxviruses (Poxviridae) -- Parvoviruses (Parvoviridae) -- Reference -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 6: RNA viruses (excluding hepatitis viruses, arthropod-borne viruses, and bat and rodent excreta viruses) -- Picornaviruses (Picornaviridae) -- Orthomyxoviruses (Orthomyxoviridae) -- Paramyxoviruses (Paramyxoviridae) -- Coronaviruses (Coronaviridae) -- Reoviruses (Reoviridae) (Respiratory Enteric Orphan viruses) -- Caliciviruses (Caliciviridae) -- Astroviruses (Astroviridae) -- Rhabdoviruses (Rhabdoviridae) -- Togaviruses (Togaviridae) -- Retroviruses (Retroviridae) -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 7: Hepatitis viruses -- Hepatitis A virus (HAV) -- Hepatitis B virus (HBV) -- Hepatitis C virus (hepacivirus) -- Hepatitis delta (D) virus -- Hepatitis E virus -- Further reading.

CHAPTER 8: Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), hantaviruses, arenaviruses, and filoviruses -- Flaviviruses (Flaviviridae) -- Togaviruses (Togaviridae) -- Bunyaviruses (Bunyaviridae) -- Reoviruses (Reoviridae) -- Arenaviruses (Arenaviridae) -- Filoviruses (Filoviridae) -- Further reading -- SECTION III: Bacteriology -- CHAPTER 9: Bacteriology -- Structure of bacteria -- Genetic changes -- Bacterial virulence factors -- Mechanisms of resistance -- Antibacterial agents -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 10: Gram-positive cocci -- Staphylococci -- Streptococci -- Enterococci -- Other Gram-positive cocci -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 11: Gram-negative cocci -- Neisseria -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 12: Gram-positive rods -- Sporogenous Gram-positive rods -- Non-sporogenous Gram-positive rods -- Other Gram-positive rods -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 13: Gram-negative rods -- General features -- Enterobacteriaceae -- Non-Enterobacteriaceae Gram-negative rods from the environment -- Non-Enterobacteriaceae Gram-negative rods from humans or animals -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 14: Anaerobic bacteria -- General properties of anaerobes -- Sporulating gram-positive rods -- Non-sporulating Gram-positive rods -- Gram-negative rods -- Gram-positive cocci -- Gram-negative cocci -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 15: Mycoplasmas, Chlamydiae, Rickettsiae, and Ehrlichiae -- Mycoplasmas and Ureaplasma -- Chlamydia and Chlamydophila -- Rickettsiales -- Coxiella burnetii (see Chapter 13) -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 16: Spirochetes -- Syphilis -- Endemic treponematoses -- Leptospirosis -- Borrelia -- Spirillum minus -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 17: Mycobacteria -- Taxonomy -- Tuberculosis -- Non-tuberculous mycobacteria -- Leprosy (Hansen's disease) -- Further reading -- SECTION IV: Mycology -- CHAPTER 18: Fungi -- General properties of fungi.

Laboratory perspectives for mycelial fungi -- Detection of fungal components in body fluids -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 19: Yeasts -- Candida -- Cryptococcus -- Malassezia -- Other yeasts -- Pneumocystis -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 20: Dimorphic endemic fungi -- Histoplasma capsulatum -- Blastomyces dermatitidis -- Coccidioides -- Paracoccidioides brasiliensis -- Sporothrix schenkii -- Penicillium marneffei (penicilliosis) -- Other dimorphic endemic fungi -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 21: Molds -- Aspergillus -- Mucorales -- Fusarium -- Scedosporium -- Dermatophytes -- Subcutaneous mycoses -- Further reading -- SECTION V: Parasitology -- CHAPTER 22: Parasitology -- General description of parasites -- Life cycle -- Diagnostic tests -- Taxonomy of internal parasites -- Antiparasitic drugs -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 23: Intestinal protozoa -- Flagellates -- Amebae -- Ciliates -- Apicomplexa (sporozoa) -- Blastocystis hominis -- Microsporidium -- Diagnostic tests -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 24: Tissue and blood protozoa -- Apicomplexa -- Hemoflagellates -- Tissue flagellate -- Tissue amebae -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 25: Helminths -- Introduction -- Intestinal nematodes -- Tissue nematodes -- Flukes (Order: Trematoda) -- Tapeworms (Order: Cestoda) -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 26: Ectoparasites -- Flies -- Fleas -- Mites -- Bed bugs -- Lice -- Further reading -- SECTION VI: Clinical cases -- CHAPTER 27: Cases -- Case 1 -- Case 2 -- Case 3 (hypothetical) -- Case 4 -- Case 5 -- Case 6 -- Case 7 -- Case 8 (hypothetical) -- Case 9 -- Case 10 -- Case 11 -- Case 12 -- Case 13 -- Case 14 -- Case 15 (hypothetical) -- Case 16 -- Case 17 -- Case 18 -- Case 19 -- Case 20 -- Case 21 -- Case 22 -- Case 23 -- Case 24 (hypothetical) -- Case 25 -- Case 26 -- Case 27 -- Case 28 (hypothetical) -- Case 29 -- Case 30 -- Case 31 -- Further reading.

SECTION VII: Appendices -- APPENDIX 1: Taxonomy of infectious agents infecting humans and lists of infectious agents according to their source -- Human (close contact - other than sexual, droplet) -- Human (sexual contact) -- Human (endogenous bacteria) -- Ingestion (human feces-contaminated food, water, or soil) -- Ingestion (animal excreta-contaminated food, water, or soil) -- Ingestion (uncooked animal tissue) -- Animal (contact with animal, animal tissue, animal excreta, bite, scratch) -- Fresh water (non-enteral exposure) -- Sea water (enteral) -- Sea water (non-enteral) -- Inanimate environment, non-enteral (soil, air) -- Inanimate (human fecal-contaminated) -- Mother -- Hospital -- Blood -- Tissue -- Arthropod-transmitted infections -- Acknowledgment -- APPENDIX 2: Clinical syndromes and their causative organisms -- APPENDIX 3: General references and online resources -- General references -- Specific references for Tables A2.7 and A2.10 -- Index -- End User License Agreement.