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Section 3 Clinical Microbiology Review, 135
Biosafety Levels, 136
CDC Classification of Biological Agents,
137
Biological Safety Cabinets, 138
Sterilization and Disinfection, 139
Bacterial Toxins, 141
Specimen Collection Guidelines, 142
Specimen Preservation and
Storage, 143
Fragile Organisms, 144
Criteria for Rejection of Specimens in
Microbiology, 145
Gram Stain, 146
Staining Properties of Gram-Positive
and Gram-Negative Bacteria, 147
Types of Media, 148
Routine Media for Aerobes and
Facultative Anaerobes, 149
Selective Media for Isolation of Neisseria
gonorrhoeaeand Neisseria
meningitidis, 152
Special Bacteriologic Media, 153
Aerotolerance Test, 155Organisms Requiring Incubation in
Increased CO2, 156
Hemolytic Reactions on Sheep Blood
Agar, 157
Staphylococci, 158
Summary of Tests for Identification of
Staphylococci, 160
Streptococci/Enterococci, 161
Tests for Identification of Beta-Hemolytic
Streptococci, 165
Tests for Identification of Alpha-Hemolytic
Streptococci, 167
Tests for Identification of Nonhemolytic
Streptococci/Enterococci, 168
Antibiograms of Gram-Positive Cocci, 169
Aerobic Spore-Forming
Gram-Positive Rods, 170
Aerobic Non–Spore-Forming
Gram-Positive Rods, 171
Neisseriaand Moraxella, 173
Characteristics of Enterobacteriaceae,
176
Biochemical Tests for Identification of
Enterobacteriaceae, 177Antigens of Enterobacteriaceae, 181
Commonly Isolated Enterobacteriaceae,
182
Summary of Key Reactions for
Enterobacteriaceae, 185
Appearance of Enterobacteriaceae on
Selected Media, 186
Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli, 187
Characteristics of Nonfermenting Gram-
Negative Rods, 189
Commonly Isolated Nonfermenting
Gram-Negative Rods, 190
Campylobacterand Helicobacter, 191
Vibrioand Related Organisms, 192
Haemophilus, 194
Speciation of Haemophilus, 195
Miscellaneous Gram-Negative
Rods, 196
Specimens for Anaerobic Culture, 198
Media for Culture of Anaerobes, 199
Anaerobic Environment, 200
Methods to Identify Anaerobes, 201
Anaerobic Gram-Positive Cocci, 203
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