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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 | |