Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Copyright; Preface; Chapter 1: Methods of Growing Anaerobes; Publisher Summary; THE ANAEROBIC JAR; OTHER METHODS OF OBTAINING AN OXYGEN-FREE ATMOSPHERE; PRE-REDUCED ANAEROBICALLY STERILIZED ROLL TUBE TECHNIQUE; ANAEROBIC CABINETS AND GLOVE BOXES; SHAKE CULTURES AND FLUID CULTURES; REDUCING AGENTS; APPENDIX; Chapter 2: Media; Publisher Summary; INOCULATION OF MEDIA; PREPARATION OF MEDIA; SOME MEDIUM ADDITIVES; STOCK HAEMIN SOLUTION; STOCK MENADIONE SOLUTION; VITAMIN K-HAEMIN SOLUTION; COOKED MEAT MEDIUM (Robertson, 1915-16)

VL (VIANDE-LEVURE) BROTHREINFORCED CLOSTRIDIAL MEDIUM; COLUMBIA AGAR BASE; FRESH BLOOD AGAR; HEATED BLOOD (CHOCOLATE) AGAR; BENZIDINE HEATED BLOOD AGAR; EGG YOLK AGAR AND HUMAN SERUM AGAR; MILK MEDIUM AND LITMUS MILK; MILK AGAR; CASEIN AGAR; GELATIN AGAR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE AGAR (DNAse AGAR); TRIBUTYRIN AGAR; CONCENTRATED (FIRM) AGAR; MEDIA FOR SPORULATION OF CL. PERFRINGENS; FERMENTATION MEDIA; BILE BROTH; HYDROGEN SULPHIDE PRODUCTION; PREPARATION OF LEAD ACETATE STRIPS; INDOLE PRODUCTION; KOVAC'S REAGENT; TEST; NITRATE REDUCTION; REAGENT A; REAGENT B; TEST; CATALASE PRODUCTION; UREA MEDIUM

THE API MICROSYSTEM FOR ANAEROBESSELECTIVE AGENTS; SELECTIVE MEDIA; MEDIA FOR ANAEROBIC BLOOD CULTURE; STOCK CULTURES OF ANAEROBES; 1 STERILE BEEF BRAIN STOCK; 2 PEPTONE LIVER BROTH; 3 THE COMPLETE MEDIUM; 4 STORAGE OF CULTURES; Chapter 3: Examination and Identification of Anaerobes; Publisher Summary; MORPHOLOGY AND STAINING; COLONIAL APPEARANCE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; LECITHINASE C ACTIVITY; LIPASE ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC DISC RESISTANCE; GROWTH INHIBITION AND STIMULATION; ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING OF ANAEROBES; ANIMAL INOCULATION AND PROTECTION TESTS

SEROLOGICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ANAEROBESGAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; Chapter 4: Characteristics of the Pathogenic and Related Clostridia; Publisher Summary; DEFINITION; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; THE HISTOTOXIC CLOSTRIDIA OF INFECTED WOUNDS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM AND CLOSTRIDIUM CHAUVOEI; CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM TERTIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; CLOSTRIDIUM BIFERMENTANS AND CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CLOSTRIDIUM FALLAX; CLOSTRIDIUM COCHLEARIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PARAPUTRIFICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM LENTOPUTRESCENS

CLOSTRIDIUM CADAVERISCLOSTRIDIUM SPHENOIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM CARNIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM SUBTERMINALE; CLOSTRIDIUM BARATI; Chapter 5: The Non-Clostridial Anaerobes; Publisher Summary; BACTEROIDES; FUSOBACTERIUM; ACTINOMYCES AND ARACHNIA; EUBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; THE ANAEROBIC COCCI; VEILLONELLA ALCALESCENS AND VEILLONELLA PARVULA; PEPTOCOCCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; Chapter 6: Infections Due to Non-Clostridial Anaerobes; Publisher Summary; OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL INFECTIONS; OTHER GENITOURINARY INFECTIONS; INFECTIONS RELATED TO THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT