Introduction to clinical/diagnostic microbiology / Nancy Khardori -- An overview of microbes pathogenic for humans / Eric Lehrer and Nancy Khardori -- Microbiological diagnosis of bacterial diseases / Sarita Mohapatra, Arti Kapil and Nancy Khardori -- The gram stain revisited the original rapid diagnostic test : role in antibiotic selection and antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) / Cheston B. Cunha and Burke A. Cunha -- Microbiological diagnosis of tuberculosis / Hitender Gautam -- Microbiological diagnosis of viral diseases / Aashish Choudhary and Lalit Dar -- Microbiological diagnosis of fungal infections / Gagandeep Singh and Immaculata Xess -- Microbiological diagnosis of parasitic diseases / Nishant Verma and B.R. Mirdha -- Interpreting routine microbiology results for patient care / Shivanjali Shankaran -- The pharmacist role in antimicrobial stewardship and interpreting microbiology lab results / Stephanie Crosby, Mark DeAngelo and Nancy Khardori -- The liaison and collaborative functions of the clinical microbiology laboratory / Patrick G. Haggerty
