DIAGNOSTIC BACTERIOLOGY

Molecular bacteriology: a diagnostic tool for the millennium.

From a practical viewpoint, clinical bacteriology can be subdivided into three main activities. First and foremost is detection, isolation, and identification of pathogens. This is usually achieved by culture of specimens on specific media in defined conditions, accompanied by microscopy and tests of biochemical activity of an isolate. Second is the determination of antibiotic susceptibility, a...

Bacteriology Illustrated

Gillies, M.D., D.P.H., M.C.Path. and T. C. Dodds, F.I.M.L.T., F.I.B.P., F.R.P.S. (Pp, 170; figs. 122, 45s.) Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., 1965. THIS excellent bacteriological atlas has set a new standard for the visual appreciation of the cultural and microscopic appearances of pathogenic bacteria. The authors have taken advantage of developments in colour photography to overcome the ina...

General Bacteriology

This book is designed for use in undergraduate courses. The whole field of bacteriology is considered, without undue weight on any particular subdivision, in an attempt to give the student a broad and sound knowledge of the subject as a branch of science in itself, rather than as merely a tool useful in other sciences. The book is logically arranged, concisely and readably written, and well ill...

Clinical Bacteriology

[Bacteriology of leprosy].

In a previous communication (2) a description of an acid-fast organism isolated from human and rat leprous lesions was reported! Embryonic chick tissue-cultures were used as the isolation medium. Later reports (3,4,5) have dealt with the influence of various environmental factors on the tinctorial characteristics of the organisms that were isolated. The present communication deals with results ...