Asm Pocket Guide to Clinical Microbiology by Ph.D. Murray, Patrick R.

The ASM Pocket Guide to Clinical Microbiology lets readers quickly locate answers to the most commonly asked questions encountered when interacting with physicians and other members of the health care team. This is the first pocket-sized resource for clinical microbiologists to offer immediate access to essential information. The author has organized the information in this book to follow the lab process -- from differential diagnosis to specimen collection, transport, and processing and then to identification, susceptibility testing, and finally, immunodiagnostic testing. Each major group of microbes -- bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites -- are comprehensively discussed in the individual sections. As an added feature, the ASM Pocket Guide presents a uniform approach to the taxonomy of the organisms, clearly showing the relationships among the many clinically relevant microbes. This unique reference presents its valuable data in charts, diagrams, and figures, making it a very easy- to-use, time-saving resource. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Taxonomic Classification of Clinically Important Microbes Indigenous and Pathogenic Microbes of Humans Specimen Collection and Transport Specimen Processing Microbial Identification Antimicrobial Agents and Susceptibility Tests Immunodiagnostic Tests