Manual of Clinical Microbiology

abscesses acid aerobic aeruginosa agents agglutination anaerobic antibiotics antibody antigens antisera aureus bacilli bacteria beta-hemolytic biochemical biotypes blood agar plate blood cultures broth carbohydrate catalase cells Center for Disease Chapter characteristics chocolate agar cholerae Clin clinical specimens cocci coli colonies containing decarboxylase detection diagnosis differentiated diphtheriae Disease Control endocarditis Enterobacteriaceae examination fermentation fetus subsp flagella fluid genus glucose gonococci Gram stain gram-negative grow growth hemolysis human identification incubation infections inhibited inoculated isolated Kingella laboratory lactose lesions Lysine decarboxylase MacConkey agar maltose Mannitol medium meningitis method Microbiol microbiology microorganisms microscope monotrichous morphology Motility mycobacteria negative Neisseria nitrate organisms oxidase pathogenic patients penicillin pigment pneumoniae positive procedures produce Pseudomonas reactions reagent rods Salmonella samples serological serotypes serum Shigella skin slant smears species sputum Staphylococcus sterile stool strains streptococci susceptibility swab Table tion tissue tive tract tube tuberculosis urease urine usually Vibrio Xylose