Authors: Patrick R., Ph.D. Murray
The ASM
Pocket Guide to Clinical Microbiology lets readers quickly locate answers to the most commonly asked questions encountered when interacting with physicians and other members of the
health care team. This is the first pocket-sized resource for clinical microbiologists to offer immediate access to essential information. The author has organized the information in this book to follow the lab process - from differential diagnosis to specimen collection, transport, and processing and then to identification, susceptibility testing, and finally, immunodiagnostic testing. Each major group of microbes - bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites - are comprehensively discussed in the individual