Introduction to the ninth edition of the Manual of clinical microbiology
Laboratory management
Laboratory design
Laboratory consultation, communication, and information systems
General principles of specimen collection and handling
Procedures for the storage of microorganisms
Decontamination, disinfection, and sterilization
Prevention and control of laboratory-acquired infections
Laboratory detection of potential agents of bioterrorism
Infection control epidemiology and clinical microbiology
Laboratory procedures for the epidemiological analysis of microorganisms
Investigation of foodborne and waterborne disease outbreaks
Microscopy
Principles of stains and media
Manual and automated systems for detection and identification of microorganisms
Molecular detection and identification of microogranisms
Susceptibility testing instrumentation and computerized expert systems for data analysis and interpretation
Immunoassays for the diagnosis of infectious diseases
Taxonomy and classification of bacteria
Specimen collection, transport, and processing: bacteriology
Reagents, stains, and media : bacterialogy
Algorithm for identification of aerobic gram-positive cocci


Algorithm for identification of aerobic gram-positive rods
Algorithms for identification of aerobic gram-negative bacteria
Algorithm for identification of anaerobic bacteria
Aglorithms for indentification of curved and spiral-shaped gram-negative rods
Algorithms for identification of mycoplasma, ureaplasma, and obligate intracellular bacteria
Staphylococcus, micrococcus, and other catalase-positive cocci
Streptococcus
Enterococcus
Aerococcus, abiotrophia, and other aerobic catalase-negative, gram-positive coci
Bacillus and other aerobic endospore-forming bacteria
Listeria and erysipelothrix
Coryneform gram-positive rods
Nocardia, rhodoccus, gordonia, actinomadura, streptomyces,and other aerobic actinomycetes
Mycobacterium : general characteristcs, laboratory detection, and staining procedures
Mycobacterium : laboratory characteristcs of slowly growing mycobacteria
Mycobacterium : clinical and laboratory characteristics of rapidly growing mycobacteria
Neisseria
Actinobacillus, capnocytophaga, eikenella, kingella, pasteurella, and other fastidious or rarely encountered gram-negative rods
Haemophilus
Enterobacteriaceae: introduction and identification
Escherichia, shigella, and salmonella
Yersinia
Klebsiella, enterobacter, citrobacter, serratia, pleiomonas, and other enterobacteriaceae
Aeromonas


Vibrio and related organisms
Pseudomonas
Bukholderia, stenotrophomonas, ralstonia, cupriavidus, pandoraea, brevundimonas, comamonas, delftia, and acidovorax
Acinetobacter, achromobacter, chryseobacterium, moraxella, and other nonfermentive gram-negative rods
Bordetella
Francisella and brucella
Legionella
Bartonella
Peptostreptococcus, finegoldia, anaerococcus, peptoniphilus, veillonella, and other anerobic cocci
Propionibacterium, lactobacillus, actinomyces, and other non-spore-forming anaerobic gram-positive rods
Clostridium
Bacterioides, porphyromonas, prevotella, fusobacterium, and other anaerobic gram-negative rods
Campylobacter and arcobacter
Helicobacter
Leptospira
Borrelia
Treponema and other human host-associated spirochetes
Mycoplasma and ureaplasma
Chlamydia and chlamydophila
Rickettsia and orientia
Ehrlichia, anaplasma, and related intracellular bacteria
Coxiella
Tropheryma
Antibacterial agents
Mechanisms of resistance to antibacterial agents
Susceptibility test methods: general considerations
Susceptibility test methods: dilution and disk diffusion methods
Special phenotypic methods for detecting antibacterial resistance
Susceptibility test methods: fastidious bacteria
Susceptibility test methods: anaerobic bacteria
Suseptibility test methods : mycobacteria, nocardia, and other actinomycetes
Detection and characterization of antimicrobial reistance genes in pathogenic bacteria
Taxonomy and classification of viruses


Specimen collection, transport, and processing : virology
Reagents, stains, media, and cell lines : virology
Algorithms for detection and identification of viruses
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus types 1 and 2
Influenza viruses
Parainfluenza and mumps viruses
Respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus
Measles and rubella viruses
Enteroviruses and parechoviruses
Rhinoviruses
Coronaviruses
Hepatitis A and E viruses
Heptatitis C and G viruses
Rotaviruses, caliciviruses, astrofiruses, enteric adenoviruses, and other diarrheic viruses
Rabies virus
Hendra and nipah viruses
Arboviruses
Hantaviruses
Arenaviruses and filoviruses
Herpes simplex viruses and herpes B virus
Varicella-zoster virus
Human cytomegalovirus
Epstein-Barr virus
Human herpesviruses 6, 7, and 8
Adenoviruses - Human papillomaviruses
Human polyomaviruses
Human parvoviruses
Poxviruses
Hepatitis B and D viruses
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
Antiviral agents
Mechanisms of resistance to antiviral agents
- Suseptibility test methods: viruses
Taxonomy and classification of fungi
Specimen collection, transport, and processing : mycology
Reagents, stains, and media : mycology
Algorithms for detection and identification of fungi


Candida, cryptococcus, and other yeasts of medical importance
Pneumocystis
Aspergillus, fusarium, and other opportunisitc moniliaceous fungi
Rhizopus, rhizomucor, absidia, and other agents of systemic and subcutaneous zygomycoses
Histoplasma, blastomyces, coccidioides, and other dimorphic fungi causing systemic mycoses
Trichophyton, microsporum, epidermophyton, and agents of superficial mycoses
Bipolaris, exophiala, scedosporium, sporothrix, and other dematiaceous
Fungi causing eumycotic mycetoma
Mycotoxins
Lacazia pythium, and rhinosporidium
Antifungal agents
Mechanisms of resistance to antifungal agents
Susceptibility test methods : yeasts and filamentous fungi
Taxonomy and classification of human parasites
Specimen collection, transport, and processing : parasitology
Reagents, stains, and media : parasitology
Algorithms for detection and identification of parasites
Plasmodium and babesia
Leishmania and trypanosoma
Toxoplasma
Pathogenic and opportunistic free-living amebae
Intestinal and urogenital amebae, flagellates, and ciliates
Isopora, cyclospora, and sarcocystis
Cryptosporidium
Microsporidia
Nematodes
Filarial nematodes
Cestodes
Trematodes
Less common helminths
Arthropods of medical importance
Antiparasitic agents
Mechanisms of resistance to antiparasitic agents
Susceptibility test methods: parasites.