Handbook of Media for Clinical Microbiology, Second Edition provides an easy-to-use reference for routine and specialized media employed in the cultivation of pathogenic bacteria, fungi, and viruses in clinical diagnostic laboratories. This edition adds descriptions of newly employed media used for cultivating emerging pathogens. It also discusses the role of the clinical laboratory in the diagnosis of infectious diseases, and the process for detecting infectious diseases, including specimen receipt, media selection, antibiotic susceptibility testing, and biosafety considerations. It also covers the clinical laboratory's role within the Laboratory Response Network for detecting bioterrorism.

Diagnostic Microbiology: Isolation and Identification of Pathogens
Isolation and Culture Procedures
Media for the Isolation and Identification of Microorganisms from Clinical Specimens
References
Alphabetical Listing of Media

Ronald M. Atlas is Graduate Dean, Professor of Biology, and Professor of Public Health at the University of Louisville. He received his B.S. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1968 and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Rutgers in 1970 and 1972, respectively. Dr. Atlas has received a number of honors including: The University of Louisville Excellence in Research Award, the Johnson and Johnson Fellowship for Biology, and the ASM Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. He has authored several microbiology textbooks and handbooks of microbiological media. His research has included development of diagnostic systems for pathogenic microorganisms. He has served on the editorial boards of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, BioScience, Biotechniques, Environmental Microbiology, Biosecurity, and Bioterrorism, and Journal of Industrial Microbiology. He is editor of Critical Reviews in Microbiology. He also has served as President of the American Society for Microbiology. James W. Snyder is Professor of Pathology in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine and serves as the Director of Microbiology for the University of Louisville Hospital. He received his B.S. in 1969 and M.S. in 1970 from Eastern Kentucky University and Ph.D. in 1974 from the University of Dayton. Dr. Snyder is a diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology (ABMM) and a Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology. He has received a number of honors including: The South Central Association for Clinical Microbiology Outstanding Contribution to Microbiology Award, the Spirit of Louisville Foundation Award, Outstanding Service Award as Chairman of the Committee on Continuing Education of the American Society for Microbiology, and election to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He is the former Editor of The Yearbook of Clinical Microbiology and the Certified Clinical Microbiology Data Base. He is currently a member of the Critical Reviews in Microbiology editorial board and serves on the Professional Affairs Committee of the American Society for Microbiology. He maintains an active research program in both applied and basic clinical microbiology, including molecular techniques for the detection of pathogens and the assessment and comparison of automated and nonautomated diagnostic systems and tracking of microbial incidence and in vitro activity of antibiotics in support of local and national surveillance programs.