Serum.................................................. 623

CerebrospinalFluid.................................... 623

BronchialSpecimens.................................. 623

Urine................................................... 623

Cultivation......................................................... 623

MaterialforPolymeraseChainReaction........................... 624

TissueSpecimensandParasites....................... 624

ImmunodiagnosticandMolecularTechniques..................... 624

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EtiologicalandLaboratory

DiagnosticSummariesinTabularForm 630

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UpperRespiratoryTract........................................... 630

LowerRespiratoryTract........................................... 632

UrogenitalTract.................................................... 635

GenitalTract(VenerealDiseases).................................. 637

GastrointestinalTract.............................................. 638

DigestiveGlandsandPeritoneum.................................. 641

NervousSystem.................................................... 644

Cardiovascularsystem............................................. 647

HematopoieticandLymphoreticularSystem....................... 648

SkinandSubcutaneousConnectiveTissue(LocalorSystemic

InfectionswithMainlyCutaneousManifestation)................. 650

Bone,Joints,andMuscles.......................................... 653

Eyesandears...................................................... 655

Literature.......................................................... 659

MedicalMicrobiologyandtheInternet......................... 661

Index.............................................................. 663

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