Mahon and Lehman's Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology
- 8th Edition - January 15, 2027
- Latest edition
- Authors: Connie R. Mahon, Donald C. Lehman
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 8 4 0 4 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 8 4 0 5 - 9
Gain the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in the clinical lab! Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, 8th Edition uses a reader-friendly "building-block" approach to help you… Read more
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Gain the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in the clinical lab! Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, 8th Edition uses a reader-friendly "building-block" approach to help you learn the essentials of diagnostic microbiology. Featuring full-color drawings and photos, this text helps you learn to develop the critical thinking and problem-solving skills necessary to the accurate diagnosis of infectious diseases and the identification of infectious agents.
• Building-block approach encourages you to use previously learned information in mastering new material. • Full-color photographs and photomicrographs make it easier to understand and apply diagnostic microbiology concepts. • Case Study and Case in Point features describe clinical and laboratory findings, offering opportunities to correlate observations with possible etiologic agents and to build critical thinking and problem-solving skills. • Hands-on procedures in the appendices describe techniques used in the lab setting. • Case Checks in each chapter highlight specific points in the text and show how they connect to case studies. • Bolded key terms with abbreviations are listed at the beginning of each chapter, showing the most important and relevant terms in each chapter. • Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter supply you with a measurable learning outcome to achieve by completing the material. • Points to Remember sections at the end of each chapter provide a bulleted list of key concepts. • Lab manual on the Evolve website reinforces concepts with real-life scenarios and review questions. • Glossary supplies students with a quick reference for looking up definitions of key terms. • Issues to Consider boxes list important points to think about while reading the chapter.
• Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS/MLS/MT) students Total enrollment of Clinical Lab Science students (including both Scientists and Technicians) is 125,164 (IPEDS 2023) • Practicing microbiologists 21,400 in 2020 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) • Hospital laboratories
Part 1: Introduction to clinical microbiology 1. Bacterial cell structure, physiology, metabolism, and genetics 2. Host-parasite interaction 3. The laboratory role in infection control 4. Control of microorganisms: disinfection, sterilization, and microbiology safety 5. Performance improvement in the microbiology laboratory 6. Specimen collection and processing 7. Microscopic examination of materials from infected sites 8. Use of colony morphology for the presumptive identification of microorganisms 9. Biochemical identification of gram-negative bacteria 10. Immunodiagnosis of infectious diseases 11. Applications of molecular diagnostics 12. Antibacterial mechanisms of action and bacterial resistance mechanisms 13. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing Part 2: Laboratory identification of significant isolates 14. Staphylococcus and similar organisms 15. Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and other catalase-negative, gram-positive cocci 16. Aerobic gram-positive bacilli 17. Neisseria species and Moraxella catarrhalis 18. Haemophilus, HACEK group, Legionella, and other fastidious gram-negative bacilli 19. Enterobacterales 20. Vibrio, Aeromonas, Campylobacter, and Campylobacter-like species 21. Nonfermenting and miscellaneous gram-negative bacilli 22. Anaerobes of clinical importance 23. The spirochetes 24. Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and similar organisms 25. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma 26. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria 27. Medically significant fungi 28. Diagnostic parasitology 29. Clinical virology 30. Agents of bioterror and forensic microbiology 31. Biofilms: architects of disease Part 3: Laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases: an organ system approach to diagnostic microbiology 32. Upper and lower respiratory tract infections 33. Skin and soft tissue infections 34. Gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning 35. Infections of the central nervous system 36. Bacteremia and sepsis 37. Urinary tract infections 38. Genital infections and sexually transmitted infections 39. Infections in special populations 40. Zoonotic diseases 41. Ocular infections Appendix A Answers to learning assessment questions Appendix B Selected bacteriologic culture media [e-only] Appendix C Selected mycology culture media and stains [e-only] Appendix D Selected procedures [e-only] Glossary Index
- Edition: 8
- Latest edition
- Published: January 15, 2027
- Language: English
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Connie R. Mahon
Connie R. Mahon Director, Organization Development (Retired), Health Resources and Services Administration, Learning Institute, Rockville, Maryland; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Integrative Health Sciences Department, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Organization Development (Retired), Health Resources and Services Administration, Learning Institute, Rockville, Maryland; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Integrative Health Sciences Department, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DCDL
Donald C. Lehman
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Medical Technology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA