| Chapter 1 Introduction to Diagnostic Microbiology: Basic Concepts and Current Advances |
| Chapter 2 The Role of Microbiology Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases |
| Chapter 3 Quality Assurance in the Microbiology Laboratory: Quality Control, Safety Applications, and Proficiency and Competency Evaluation |
| Chapter 4 Guidelines for the Collection, Transport, Processing, Analysis and Reporting of Cultures from Specific Specimen Sources |
| Chapter 5 The Enterobacteriaceae |
| Chapter 6 The Nonfermentative Gram-Negative Bacilli |
| Chapter 7 Curved Gram-Negative Bacilli and Oxidase Positive Fermenters |
| Chapter 8 Haemophilus |
| Chapter 9 Miscellaneous Fastidious Gram-Negative Bacilli (including Legionella) |
| Chapter 10 Neisseria species and Moraxella catarrhalis |
| Chapter 11 Staphylococci and Related Organisms |
| Chapter 12 Streptococci, Enterococci, and the "Streptococcus-like" Bacteria |
| Chapter 13 The Aerobic Gram-Positive Bacilli |
| Chapter 14 The Anaerobic Bacteria |
| Chapter 15 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing |
| Chapter 16 Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma |
| Chapter 17 Mycobacteria |
| Chapter 18 Spirochetal Infections |
| Chapter 19 Mycology |
| Chapter 20 Parasitology |
| Chapter 21 Viruses, Chlamydia, Richettsia, and Related Organisms |
