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| Introduction to Clinical Microbiology | |
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| Bacterial Cell Structure, Physiology, Metabolism, and Genetics | |
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| Host-Parasite Interaction | |
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| The Laboratory Role in Infection Control | |
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| Control of Microorganisms | |
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| Performance Improvement in the Microbiology Laboratory | |
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| Specimen Collection and Processing | |
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| Microscopic Examination of Materials from Infected Sites | |
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| Use of Colonial Morphology for the Presumptive Identification of Microorganisms | |
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| Biochemical Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria | |
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| Immunodiagnosis of Infectious Diseases | |
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| Applications of Molecular Diagnostics | |
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| Antibiotic Mechanisms of Action and Resistance | |
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| Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing | |
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| Laboratory Identification of Significant Isolates | |
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| Staphylococci | |
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| Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and Other Catalase-Negative Gram-Positive Cocci | |
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| Aerobic Gram-Positive Bacilli | |
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| Neisseria Species and Moraxella catarrhalis | |
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| Haemophilus and Other Fastidious Gram-Negative Bacilli | |
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| Enterobacteriaceae | |
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| Vibrio, Aeromonas, and Campylobacter Species | |
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| Nonfermenting and Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacilli | |
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| Anaerobes of Clinical Importance | |
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| Spirochetes | |
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| Chlamydia and Rickettsia | |
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| Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma | |
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| Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Other Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria | |
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| Medically Significant Fungi | |
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| Diagnostic Parasitology | |
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| Clinical Virology | |
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| Agents of Bioterror | |
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| Biofilms: Architects of Disease | |
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| Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: an Organ System Approach to Diagnostic Microbiology | |
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| Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections | |
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| Skin and Soft Tissue Infections | |
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| Gastrointestinal Infections and Food Poisoning | |
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| Infections of the Central Nervous System | |
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| Bacteremia and Sepsis | |
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| Urinary Tract Infections | |
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| Genital Infections and Sexually Transmitted Diseases | |
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| Infections in Special Populations | |
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| Zoonotic Diseases | |
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| Ocular Infections | |