Includes index.

From prions to parasites -- Bacterial structure -- Bacterial metabolism and growth -- Bacterial pathogenicity -- Bacterial genetics -- Antibiotics and drug resistance -- Identification of major bacterial groups -- Gram-positive cocci -- Gram-positive bacilli -- Mycoplasmas -- Gram-negative cocci -- Gram-negative aerobic bacilli -- Gram-negative microaerophilic curved bacteria -- Gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacilli-family Enterobacteriaceae -- Gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacilli : non-Enterobacteriaceae -- Gram-negative anaerobic bacilli and cocci -- Spirochetes (gram-negative envelope) -- Rickettsiaceae and relatives -- Chlamydiae -- Viral basics -- DNA viruses -- Positive (+) RNA viruses -- Negative (-) single-stranded RNA viruses -- Double-stranded RNA viruses : family Reoviridae -- Viral genetics --

Fungal basics -- Fungi that cause skin and subcutaneous infections -- Systemic fungal pathogens -- Opportunistic fungi -- Parasite basics -- Protozoan parasites -- Trematodes (flukes) -- Cestodes (tapeworms) -- Nematodes (roundworms) -- Eye and ear infections -- Respiratory tract infections -- Nervous system infections -- Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disease -- Cardiovascular infections; septicemias; and blood cell changes in infection, bone or joint infections -- Genitourinary tract infections -- Cancers associated with infections -- Skin and subcutaneous infections and rashes -- High-yield microbial clues and comparisons -- High-yield case setups.