Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Section I Gram positive cocci
Chapter 1 Beta-haemolytic streptococci
Androulla Efstratiou, Shiranee Sriskandan, Theresa Lamagni and Adrian Whatmore
Chapter 2 Oral and other alpha-haemolytic streptococci
Roderick McNab and Theresa Lamagni
Chapter 3 Streptococcus pneumoniae
Indran Balakrishan
Chapter 4 Enterococcus
Esteban C. Nannini and Barbara E. Murray
Chapter 5 Staphylococcus aureus
Sharon Peacock
Chapter 6 Coagulase negative Staphylococci
Roger G. Finch
Section II Gram positive bacilli
Chapter 7 Corynebacterium spp.
Aruni De Zoysa and Androulla Efstratiou
Chapter 8 Listeria ssp. and Erysipelothrix
Kevin G. Kerr
Chapter 9 Bacillus spp.
Niall A. Logan and Marina Rodríguez-Díaz
Chapter 10 Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Stephen H. Gillespie
Chapter 11 Non-tuberculosis Mycobacteria
Stephen H. Gillespie
Chapter 12 Aerobic Actinomycetes
Stephen H. Gillespie
Section III Gram negative organisms
Chapter 13 Branhamella, Moraxella and Klingella
Alex van Belkum and Cees M. Verduin
Chapter 14 Neisseria meningitidis
Dlawer A. A. Ala' Aldeen and David P. J. Turner
Chapter 15 Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Catherine Ison
Chapter 16 Acinetobacter spp.
Peter Hawkey and Eugenie Bergogne-Berezin
Chapter 17 Haemophilus spp.
Derrick W. Crook and Derek W. Hood
Chapter 18 Bordatella spp.
Qiushui He, Jussi Mertsola and Matti K. Viljanen
Chapter 19 Brucella spp.
Edward J. Young
Chapter 20 Actinobacillus
Brian Henderson and Derren Ready
Chapter 21 Francisella tularensis
Petra C. F. Oyston
Chapter 22 Rickettsia spp.
James G. Olson, Franca Jones and Patrick Blair
Chapter 23 Bartonella spp.
J. M. Rolain and Didier Raoult
Chapter 24 Mycoplasma spp. and related organisms
Christiane Bébéar, Sabine Pereyre and Cécile M. Bébéar
Chapter 25 Chlamydia spp. and related organisms
Sarah J. Furrows and Geoff L. Ridgway
Chapter 26 Tropheryma whipplei
Florence Fenollar and Didier Raoult
Chapter 27 Identification of Enterobacteriaceae
Peter M. Hawkey
Chapter 28 Escherichia coli and Shigella spp.
Christopher L. Baylis, Charles W. Penn, Nathan M. Thielman, Richard L. Guerrant, Claire Jenkins and Stephen H. Gillespie
Chapter 29 Salmonella spp.
Clare Jenkins and Stephen H. Gillespie
Chapter 30 Klebsiella, Citrobacter, Enterobacter and Serratia spp.
C. Anthony Hart
Chapter 31 Donovanosis and Klebsiella
John Richens
Chapter 32 Proteus, Providentia and Morganella
Peter M. Hawkey
Chapter 33 Yersinia
Michael B. Prentice
Chapter 34 Vibrio spp.
Tom Cheasty
Chapter 35 Aeromonas and Pleisiomonas
Andrew J. H. Simpson
Chapter 36 Pseudomonas and Burkholderia
Tyrone L. Pitt and Andrew J. H. Simpson
Chapter 37 Legionella and related organisms
T.G. Harrison
Chapter 38 Coxiella burnettii
James G. Olson, Franca Jones and Patrick Blair
Section IV Spiral bacteria
Chapter 39 Leptospira
Paul N. Levett
Chapter 40 Helicobacter and related organisms
Peter J. Jenks
Chapter 41 Campylobacter and related organisms
Diane E. Taylor and Monika Keelan
Chapter 42 Treponema and related organisms
Andrew J.L. Turner
Chapter 43 Borrelia
Sudha Pabbatireddy and Benjamin J. Luft
Section V Obligate anaerobic bacteria
Chapter 44 Anaerobic cocci
David A. Murdoch
Chapter 45 Non-sporing gram negative anaerobes
Sheila Patrick and Brian I. Duerden
Chapter 46 Clostridium difficile
Mark H. Wilcox
Chapter 47 Other Clostridium spp.
Ian R. Poxton
Chapter 48 Anaerobic Actinomycetes and related organisms
Val Hall