Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology

Since the publication of the last edition of Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology, our understanding of bacterial genetics and pathogenicity has been transformed due to the availability of whole genome sequences and new technologies such as proteomics and transcriptomics. The present, completely revised second edition of this greatly valued work has been developed to integrate this new knowledge in a clinically relevant manner. Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology, Second Edition, provides the reader with invaluable information on the parasitology, pathogenesis, epidemiology and treatment strategies for each pathogen while offering a succinct outline of the best current methods for diagnosis of human bacterial diseases. With contributions from an international team of experts in the field, this book is an invaluable reference work for all clinical microbiologists, infectious disease physicians, public health physicians and trainees within these disciplines.

Since the publication of the last edition of Principles andPractice of Clinical Bacteriology, our understanding ofbacterial genetics and pathogenicity has been transformed due tothe availability of whole genome sequences and new technologiessuch as proteomics and transcriptomics. The present, completelyrevised second edition of this greatly valued work has beendeveloped to integrate this new knowledge in a clinically relevantmanner.Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology, SecondEdition, provides the reader with invaluable information onthe parasitology, pathogenesis, epidemiology and treatmentstrategies for each pathogen while offering a succinct outline ofthe best current methods for diagnosis of human bacterialdiseases.With contributions from an international team of experts in thefield, this book is an invaluable reference work for all clinicalmicrobiologists, infectious disease physicians, public healthphysicians and trainees within these disciplines.

List of Contributors.Preface.SECTION ONE: GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI.1 Beta-Haemolytic Streptococci (Androulla Efstratiou,Shiranee Sriskandan, Theresa Lamagni and Adrian Whatmore).2 Oral and Other Non-Beta-Haemolytic Streptococci (RoderickMcNab and Theresa Lamagni).3 Streptococcus pneumoniae (Indran Balakrishnan).4 Enterococcus spp. (Esteban C. Nannini and Barbara E.Murray).5 Staphylococcus aureus (Sharon Peacock).6 Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci (Roger G. Finch).SECTION TWO: GRAM-POSITIVE BACILLI.7 Corynebacterium spp. (Aruni De Zoysa and AndroullaEfstratiou).8 Listeria and Erysipelothrix spp. (Kevin G. Kerr).9 Bacillus spp. and Related Genera (Niall A. Logan and MarinaRodríguez-Díaz).10 Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Stephen H. Gillespie).11 Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacteria (Stephen H.Gillespie).12 Aerobic Actinomycetes (Stephen H. Gillespie).SECTION THREE: GRAM-NEGATIVE ORGANISMS.13 Moraxella catarrhalis and Kingella kingae (Alex van Belkumand Cees M. Verduin).14 Neisseria meningitidis (Dlawer A. A. Ala'Aldeen andDavid P. J. Turner).15 Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Catherine A. Ison).16 Acinetobacter spp. (Peter Hawkey and EugenieBergogne-Berezin).17 Haemophilus spp. (Derrick W. Crook and Derek W.Hood).18 Bordetella spp. (Qiushui He, Jussi Mertsola and Matti K.Viljanen).19 Brucella spp. (Edward J. Young).20 Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (Brian Henderson andDerren Ready).21 Francisella tularensis (Petra C. F. Oyston).22 Rickettsia spp. (James G. Olson, Franca R. Jones andPatrick J. Blair).23 Bartonella spp. (J. M. Rolain and D. Raoult).24 Mycoplasma spp. (Christiane Bébéar, SabinePereyre and Cécile M. Bébéar).25 Chlamydia spp. and Related Organisms (S. J. Furrows and G.L. Ridgway).26 Tropheryma whipplei (F. Fenollar and D. Raoult).27 Identification of Enterobacteriaceae (Peter M.Hawkey).28 Escherichia coli and Shigella spp. (Christopher L. Baylis,Charles W. Penn, Nathan M. Thielman, Richard L. Guerrant, ClaireJenkins and Stephen H. Gillespie).29 Salmonella spp. (Claire Jenkins and Stephen H.Gillespie).30 Klebsiella, Citrobacter, Enterobacter and Serratia spp.(C. Anthony Hart).31 Donovanosis and Klebsiella spp. (John Richens).32 Proteus, Providencia and Morganella spp. (Peter M.Hawkey).33 Yersinia spp. (M. B. Prentice).34 Vibrio spp. (Tom Cheasty).35 Aeromonas and Plesiomonas spp. (Alpana Bose).36 Pseudomonas and Burkholderia spp. (Tyrone L. Pitt andAndrew J. H. Simpson).37 Legionella spp. (T. G. Harrison).38 Coxiella burnetii (James G. Olson, Franca R. Jones andPatrick J. Blair).SECTION FOUR: SPIRAL BACTERIA.39 Leptospira spp. (P. N. Levett).40 Helicobacter spp. and Related Organisms (Peter J.Jenks).41 Campylobacter and Arcobacter spp. (Diane E. Taylor andMonika Keelan).42 Treponemes (Andrew J. L. Turner).43 Borrelia spp. (Sudha Pabbatireddy and Benjamin J.Luft).SECTION FIVE: OBLIGATE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA.44 Anaerobic Cocci (D. A. Murdoch).45 Non-Sporing Gram-Negative Anaerobes (Sheila Patrick andBrian I. Duerden).46 Clostridium difficile (Mark H. Wilcox).47 Other Clostridium spp. (Ian R. Poxton).48 Anaerobic Actinomycetes and Related Organisms (ValHall).Index.