An essential training aid and reference guide for laboratorians.

• Includes easy-to-follow collection and ordering guidelines and diagnostic techniques.
• Offers extensive discussion and a table to assist physicians with ordering the most appropriate diagnostic tests.
• Provides extensive information on method selection, clinical relevance, and test menus.
• Features diagnostic algorithms, summary tables, and identification keys.
• Presents comprehensive organism information on facing pages.
• Includes "how-to" tips based on 30 years of the author's benchwork experience
• Serves as a resource for microbiologists, physicians, medical technologists, public health personnel, teachers, and students.