Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology

Since the publication of the last edition of Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology, our understanding of bacterial genetics and pathogenicity has been transformed due to the availability of whole genome sequences and new technologies such as proteomics and transcriptomics. The present, completely revised second edition of this greatly valued work has been developed to integrate this new knowledge in a clinically relevant manner. Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology, Second Edition, provides the reader with invaluable information on the parasitology, pathogenesis, epidemiology and treatment strategies for each pathogen while offering a succinct outline of the best current methods for diagnosis of human bacterial diseases. With contributions from an international team of experts in the field, this book is an invaluable reference work for all clinical microbiologists, infectious disease physicians, public health physicians and trainees within these disciplines.

List of Contributors vii Preface ix Section One Gram-positive Cocci 1 1 β-Haemolytic Streptococci 3 Androulla Efstratiou, Shiranee Sriskandan, Theresa Lamagni and Adrian Whatmore 2 Oral and Other Non-β-Haemolytic Streptococci 21 Roderick McNab and Theresa Lamagni 3 Streptococcus pneumoniae 41 Indran Balakrishnan 4 Enterococcus spp. 59 Esteban C. Nannini and Barbara E. Murray 5 Staphylococcus aureus 73 Sharon Peacock 6 Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci 99 Roger G. Finch Section Two Gram-positive Bacilli 113 7 Corynebacterium spp. 115 Aruni De Zoysa and Androulla Efstratiou 8 Listeria and Erysipelothrix spp. 129 Kevin G. Kerr 9 Bacillus spp. and Related Genera 139 Niall A. Logan and Marina Rodríguez-Díaz 10 Mycobacterium tuberculosis 159 Stephen H. Gillespie 11 Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacteria 171 Stephen H. Gillespie 12 Aerobic Actinomycetes 183 Stephen H. Gillespie Section Three Gram-negative Organisms 189 13 Moraxella catarrhalis and Kingella kingae 191 Alex van Belkum and Cees M. Verduin 14 Neisseria meningitidis 205 Dlawer A. A. Ala’Aldeen and David P. J. Turner 15 Neisseria gonorrhoeae 221 Catherine A. Ison 16 Acinetobacter spp. 231 Peter Hawkey and Eugenie Bergogne-Berezin 17 Haemophilus spp. 245 Derrick W. Crook and Derek W. Hood 18 Bordetella spp. 253 Qiushui He, Jussi Mertsola and Matti K. Viljanen 19 Brucella spp. 265 Edward J. Young 20 Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans 273 Brian Henderson and Derren Ready 21 Francisella tularensis 281 Petra C. F. Oyston 22 Rickettsia spp. 285 James G. Olson, Franca R. Jones and Patrick J. Blair 23 Bartonella spp. 295 J. M. Rolain and D. Raoult 24 Mycoplasma spp. 305 Christiane Bébéar, Sabine Pereyre and Cécile M. Bébéar 25 Chlamydia spp. and Related Organisms 317 S. J. Furrows and G. L. Ridgway 26 Tropheryma whipplei 329 F. Fenollar and D. Raoult 27 Identification of Enterobacteriaceae 341 Peter M. Hawkey 28 Escherichia coli and Shigella spp. 347 Christopher L. Baylis, Charles W. Penn, Nathan M. Thielman, Richard L. Guerrant, Claire Jenkins and Stephen H. Gillespie 29 Salmonella spp. 367 Claire Jenkins and Stephen H. Gillespie 30 Klebsiella, Citrobacter, Enterobacter and Serratia spp. 377 C. Anthony Hart 31 Donovanosis and Klebsiella spp. 387 John Richens 32 Proteus, Providencia and Morganella spp. 391 Peter M. Hawkey 33 Yersinia spp. 397 M. B. Prentice 34 Vibrio spp. 407 Tom Cheasty 35 Aeromonas and Plesiomonas spp. 419 Alpana Bose 36 Pseudomonas and Burkholderia spp. 427 Tyrone L. Pitt and Andrew J. H. Simpson 37 Legionella spp. 445 T. G. Harrison 38 Coxiella burnetii 457 James G. Olson, Franca R. Jones and Patrick J. Blair Section Four Spiral Bacteria 461 39 Leptospira spp. 463 P. N. Levett 40 Helicobacter spp. and Related Organisms 473 Peter J. Jenks 41 Campylobacter and Arcobacter spp. 485 Diane E. Taylor and Monika Keelan 42 Treponemes 503 Andrew J. L. Turner 43 Borrelia spp. 511 Sudha Pabbatireddy and Benjamin J. Luft Section Five Obligate Anaerobic Bacteria 527 44 Anaerobic Cocci 529 D. A. Murdoch 45 Non-Sporing Gram-Negative Anaerobes 541 Sheila Patrick and Brian I. Duerden 46 Clostridium difficile 557 Mark H. Wilcox 47 Other Clostridium spp. 567 Ian R. Poxton 48 Anaerobic Actinomycetes and Related Organisms 575 Val Hall Index 587