Preface ixAcknowledgments xiTechnical Note xiAbout the Authors xiii1 Staphylococcus, Micrococcus, and Other Catalase-Positive Cocci 12 Streptococcus 113 Enterococcus 244 Aerococcus, Abiotrophia, and Other Miscellaneous Gram-Positive Cocci That Grow Aerobically 305 Coryneform Gram-Positive Bacilli 366 Listeria and Erysipelothrix 487 Bacillus 548 Nocardia, Rhodococcus, Actinomadura, Streptomyces, Gordonia, and Other Aerobic Actinomycetes 629 Mycobacterium 7010 Introduction to Enterobacterales 9111 Escherichia, Shigella, and Salmonella 10312 Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Citrobacter, Cronobacter, Serratia, Plesiomonas, and Selected Other Enterobacterales 11313 Yersinia 12914 Vibrionaceae 13415 Aeromonas 14116 Pseudomonas 14517 Burkholderia, Stenotrophomonas, Ralstonia, Cupriavidus, Pandoraea, Brevundimonas, Comamonas, Delftia, and Acidovorax 15018 Acinetobacter, Chryseobacterium, Moraxella, Methylobacterium, and Other Nonfermentative Gram-Negative Bacilli 15719 Actinobacillus, Aggregatibacter, Capnocytophaga, Eikenella, Kingella, Pasteurella, and Other Fastidious or Rarely Encountered Gram-Negative Bacilli 16820 Legionella 18021 Neisseria 18422 Haemophilus 19123 Bordetella and Related Genera 19724 Brucella 20325 Bartonella 20726 Francisella 21027 Introduction to Anaerobic Bacteria 21328 Clostridium and Clostridioides 22329 Peptostreptococcus, Finegoldia, Anaerococcus, Peptoniphilus, Cutibacterium, Lactobacillus, Actinomyces, and Other Non-Spore-Forming, Anaerobic Gram-Positive Bacteria 23730 Bacteroides, Porphyromonas, Prevotella, Fusobacterium, and Other Anaerobic Gram-Negative Bacteria 25231 Campylobacter and Arcobacter 26132 Helicobacter 26733 Chlamydia 27234 Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma 27735 Leptospira, Borrelia, Treponema, and Brachyspira 28136 Rickettsia, Orientia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Coxiella 29037 Tropheryma whipplei 29738 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing 29939 Molecular Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections 30740 Total Laboratory Automation 33041 Stains, Media, Reagents, and Histopathology 33842 Fast Facts: Bacteria 367Index 421
Luis M. de la Maza became the Medical Director of the Division of Medical Microbiology at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine in 1979, where he is also the Medical Director of the Clinical Laboratory Scientist training program. His research is focused on the formulation of a Chlamydia trachomatis vaccine.Marie T. Pezzlo is the Senior Supervisor of the Medical Microbiology Division at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center. Throughout her career she has been an active member and supporter of the American Society for Microbiology. Her research interest has been focused on rapid detection of microorganisms, especially in urinary tract infections.Cassiana E. Bittencourt joined the Department of Pathology at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine in 2016 as Medical Director of the Division of Medical Microbiology. Her current interests include infectious disease histology, application of non-culture-based methods, and resident education.Ellena M. Peterson joined the Department of Pathology at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine in 1978. She has served as Associate Dean of Admissions for the School of Medicine and as Associate Director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory and presently is Program Director of the Clinical Laboratory Scientist Program. Her research has been focused on the pathogenicity of Chlamydia.