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List of Contributors. <p>Preface.</p> <p><b>SECTION ONE: GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI.</b></p> <p>1 Beta-Haemolytic Streptococci (<i>Androulla Efstratiou, Shiranee Sriskandan, Theresa Lamagni and Adrian Whatmore</i>).</p> <p>2 Oral and Other Non-Beta-Haemolytic Streptococci (<i>Roderick McNab and Theresa Lamagni</i>).</p> <p>3 Streptococcus pneumoniae (<i>Indran Balakrishnan</i>).</p> <p>4 Enterococcus spp. (<i>Esteban C. Nannini and Barbara E. Murray</i>).</p> <p>5 Staphylococcus aureus (<i>Sharon Peacock</i>).</p> <p>6 Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci (<i>Roger G. Finch</i>).</p> <p><b>SECTION TWO: GRAM-POSITIVE BACILLI.</b></p> <p>7 Corynebacterium spp. (<i>Aruni De Zoysa and Androulla Efstratiou</i>).</p> <p>8 Listeria and Erysipelothrix spp. (<i>Kevin G. Kerr</i>).</p> <p>9 Bacillus spp. and Related Genera (<i>Niall A. Logan and Marina Rodríguez-Díaz</i>).</p> <p>10 Mycobacterium tuberculosis (<i>Stephen H. Gillespie</i>).</p> <p>11 Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacteria (<i>Stephen H. Gillespie</i>).</p> <p>12 Aerobic Actinomycetes (<i>Stephen H. Gillespie</i>).</p> <p><b>SECTION THREE: GRAM-NEGATIVE ORGANISMS.</b></p> <p>13 Moraxella catarrhalis and Kingella kingae (<i>Alex van Belkum and Cees M. Verduin</i>).</p> <p>14 Neisseria meningitidis (<i>Dlawer A. A. Ala’Aldeen and David P. J. Turner</i>).</p> <p>15 Neisseria gonorrhoeae (<i>Catherine A. Ison</i>).</p> <p>16 Acinetobacter spp. (<i>Peter Hawkey and Eugenie Bergogne-Berezin</i>).</p> <p>17 Haemophilus spp. (<i>Derrick W. Crook and Derek W. Hood</i>).</p> <p>18 Bordetella spp. (<i>Qiushui He, Jussi Mertsola and Matti K. Viljanen</i>).</p> <p>19 Brucella spp. (<i>Edward J. Young</i>).</p> <p>20 Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (<i>Brian Henderson and Derren Ready</i>).</p> <p>21 Francisella tularensis (<i>Petra C. F. Oyston</i>).</p> <p>22 Rickettsia spp. (<i>James G. Olson, Franca R. Jones and Patrick J. Blair</i>).</p> <p>23 Bartonella spp. (<i>J. M. Rolain and D. Raoult</i>).</p> <p>24 Mycoplasma spp. (<i>Christiane Bébéar, Sabine Pereyre and Cécile M. Bébéar</i>).</p> <p>25 Chlamydia spp. and Related Organisms (<i>S. J. Furrows and G. L. Ridgway</i>).</p> <p>26 Tropheryma whipplei (<i>F. Fenollar and D. Raoult</i>).</p> <p>27 Identification of Enterobacteriaceae (<i>Peter M. Hawkey</i>).</p> <p>28 Escherichia coli and Shigella spp. (<i>Christopher L. Baylis, Charles W. Penn, Nathan M. Thielman, Richard L. Guerrant, Claire Jenkins and Stephen H. Gillespie</i>).</p> <p>29 Salmonella spp. (<i>Claire Jenkins and Stephen H. Gillespie</i>).</p> <p>30 Klebsiella, Citrobacter, Enterobacter and Serratia spp. (<i>C. Anthony Hart</i>).</p> <p>31 Donovanosis and Klebsiella spp. (<i>John Richens</i>).</p> <p>32 Proteus, Providencia and Morganella spp. (<i>Peter M. Hawkey</i>).</p> <p>33 Yersinia spp. (<i>M. B. Prentice</i>).</p> <p>34 Vibrio spp. (<i>Tom Cheasty</i>).</p> <p>35 Aeromonas and Plesiomonas spp. (<i>Alpana Bose</i>).</p> <p>36 Pseudomonas and Burkholderia spp. (<i>Tyrone L. Pitt and Andrew J. H. Simpson</i>).</p> <p>37 Legionella spp. (<i>T. G. Harrison</i>).</p> <p>38 Coxiella burnetii (<i>James G. Olson, Franca R. Jones and Patrick J. Blair</i>).</p> <p><b>SECTION FOUR: SPIRAL BACTERIA.</b></p> <p>39 Leptospira spp. (<i>P. N. Levett</i>).</p> <p>40 Helicobacter spp. and Related Organisms (<i>Peter J. Jenks</i>).</p> <p>41 Campylobacter and Arcobacter spp. (<i>Diane E. Taylor and Monika Keelan</i>).</p> <p>42 Treponemes (<i>Andrew J. L. Turner</i>).</p> <p>43 Borrelia spp. (<i>Sudha Pabbatireddy and Benjamin J. Luft</i>).</p> <p><b>SECTION FIVE: OBLIGATE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA.</b></p> <p>44 Anaerobic Cocci (<i>D. A. Murdoch</i>).</p> <p>45 Non-Sporing Gram-Negative Anaerobes (<i>Sheila Patrick and Brian I. Duerden</i>).</p> <p>46 Clostridium difficile (<i>Mark H. Wilcox</i>).</p> <p>47 Other Clostridium spp. (<i>Ian R. Poxton</i>).</p> <p>48 Anaerobic Actinomycetes and Related Organisms (<i>Val Hall</i>).</p> <p><b>Index.</b></p>

<b>Stephen H. Gillespie</b>, Department of Medical Microbiology, Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine, London, UK <p><b>Peter M. Hawkey</b>, Medical School, Birmingham, UK.</p>

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