Bailey & Scott’s Diagnostic Microbiology, 15th Edition

Author: Tille, PhD, MLS(ASCP),AHI(AMT), FACSc
Publisher: Elsevier
Date Published: 2022
Pages: 1,184
Cover Type: Hard Cover
Expiration Date: 12/31/2026

Each section meets the 1-hour Florida specialty requirement in microbiology.

For ASCP, each section provides 12 contact hours in microbiology

Perfect your lab skills with the essential text for diagnostic microbiology! Bailey & Scott’s Diagnostic Microbiology, 15th Edition Is known as the #1 bench reference for practicing microbiologists and as the preeminent text for students in clinical laboratory science programs. With hundreds of full-color illustrations and step-by-step methods for procedures, this text provides a solid, basic understanding of diagnostic microbiology and also covers more advanced techniques such as matrix-assisted laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Written by noted CLS educator Dr. Patricia Tille, Diagnostic Microbiology has everything you need to get accurate lab test results in class and in clinical practice.

NEW to this edition

• Updated content includes infectious disease trends and new illustrations such as culture plate images of real specimens, complex gram stains, lactophenol cotton blue microscopy, and more.
• COVID-19 information has been added.
• Updated topics include the Human Microbiome Project, expanded MALDI-TOF applications and molecular diagnostics in conjunction with traditional microbiology, additional streps, and significant news in mycology.
• Expanded sections on parasitology, mycology, and virology.