List of Contributors vii
Preface ix
Section One Gram-positive Cocci 1
1 ß-Haemolytic Streptococci 3
Androulla Efstratiou, Shiranee Sriskandan, Theresa Lamagni and Adrian Whatmore
2 Oral and Other Non-ß-Haemolytic Streptococci 21
Roderick McNab and Theresa Lamagni
3 Streptococcus pneumoniae 41
Indran Balakrishnan
4 Enterococcus spp. 59
Esteban C. Nannini and Barbara E. Murray
5 Staphylococcus aureus 73
Sharon Peacock
6 Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci 99
Roger G. Finch
Section Two Gram-positive Bacilli 113
7 Corynebacterium spp. 115
Aruni De Zoysa and Androulla Efstratiou
8 Listeria and Erysipelothrix spp. 129
Kevin G. Kerr
9 Bacillus spp. and Related Genera 139
Niall A. Logan and Marina Rodríguez-Díaz
10 Mycobacterium tuberculosis 159
Stephen H. Gillespie
11 Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacteria 171
Stephen H. Gillespie
12 Aerobic Actinomycetes 183
Stephen H. Gillespie
Section Three Gram-negative Organisms 189
13 Moraxella catarrhalis and Kingella kingae 191
Alex van Belkum and Cees M. Verduin
14 Neisseria meningitidis 205
Dlawer A. A. Ala'Aldeen and David P. J. Turner
15 Neisseria gonorrhoeae 221
Catherine A. Ison
16 Acinetobacter spp. 231
Peter Hawkey and Eugenie Bergogne-Berezin
17 Haemophilus spp. 245
Derrick W. Crook and Derek W. Hood
18 Bordetella spp. 253
Qiushui He, Jussi Mertsola and Matti K. Viljanen
19 Brucella spp. 265
Edward J. Young
20 Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans 273
Brian Henderson and Derren Ready
21 Francisella tularensis 281
Petra C. F. Oyston
22 Rickettsia spp. 285
James G. Olson, Franca R. Jones and Patrick J. Blair
23 Bartonella spp. 295
J. M. Rolain and D. Raoult
24 Mycoplasma spp. 305
Christiane Bébéar, Sabine Pereyre and Cécile M. Bébéar
25 Chlamydia spp. and Related Organisms 317
S. J. Furrows and G. L. Ridgway
26 Tropheryma whipplei 329
F. Fenollar and D. Raoult
27 Identification of Enterobacteriaceae 341
Peter M. Hawkey
28 Escherichia coli and Shigella spp. 347
Christopher L. Baylis, Charles W. Penn, Nathan M. Thielman, Richard L. Guerrant, Claire Jenkins and Stephen H. Gillespie
29 Salmonella spp. 367
Claire Jenkins and Stephen H. Gillespie
30 Klebsiella, Citrobacter, Enterobacter and Serratia spp. 377
C. Anthony Hart
31 Donovanosis and Klebsiella spp. 387
John Richens
32 Proteus, Providencia and Morganella spp. 391
Peter M. Hawkey
33 Yersinia spp. 397
M. B. Prentice
34 Vibrio spp. 407
Tom Cheasty
35 Aeromonas and Plesiomonas spp. 419
Alpana Bose
36 Pseudomonas and Burkholderia spp. 427
Tyrone L. Pitt and Andrew J. H. Simpson
37 Legionella spp. 445
T. G. Harrison
38 Coxiella burnetii 457
James G. Olson, Franca R. Jones and Patrick J. Blair
Section Four Spiral Bacteria 461
39 Leptospira spp. 463
P. N. Levett
40 Helicobacter spp. and Related Organisms 473
Peter J. Jenks
41 Campylobacter and Arcobacter spp. 485
Diane E. Taylor and Monika Keelan
42 Treponemes 503
Andrew J. L. Turner
43 Borrelia spp. 511
Sudha Pabbatireddy and Benjamin J. Luft
Section Five Obligate Anaerobic Bacteria 527
44 Anaerobic Cocci 529
D. A. Murdoch
45 Non-Sporing Gram-Negative Anaerobes 541
Sheila Patrick and Brian I. Duerden
46 Clostridium difficile 557
Mark H. Wilcox
47 Other Clostridium spp. 567
Ian R. Poxton
48 Anaerobic Actinomycetes and Related Organisms 575
Val Hall
Index 587
