Organization and Practice in Tuberculosis Bacteriology

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Page v
Chapter 1 - Introduction: mycobacteria and mycobacterial disease, Pages 1-6
Chapter 2 - The role and scope of the tuberculosis laboratory in human and veterinary medicine and epidemiology, Pages 7-9
Chapter 3 - The organization of tuberculosis laboratory services, Pages 10-30
Chapter 4 - Collection, preservation and transport of specimens, Pages 31-35
Chapter 5 - Examination of direct smears, Pages 36-43
Chapter 6 - Cultural methods, Pages 44-54
Chapter 7 - Taxonomic principles – the basis of identification, Pages 55-58
Chapter 8 - Identification of species and variants of tubercle bacilli, Pages 59-66
Chapter 9 - Identification of ‘other mycobacteria’, Pages 67-86
Chapter 10 - Drug sensitivity tests, Pages 87-97
Chapter 11 - Animal inoculation and assay tests, Pages 98-100
Chapter 12 - Leprosy, Pages 101-103
Appendix - Stains, culture media and other materials, Pages 104-110
References, Pages 111-119
Index, Pages 121-125