Direct Smear Atlas: A Monograph of Gram-Stained Preparations of Clinical Specimens

This atlas is a full-color spiralbound manual of Gram-stained direct smears for medical technologist and medical laboratory technician students and practitioners microbiologists pathologists infectious disease specialists and anyone who interprets Gram-stained specimens. Featuring over 250 clear photomicrographs taken from actual patient specimens the manual presents a simple easy-to-use format; brief legends accompany each image. Three introductory chapters cover Gram-stain procedures quality control evaluation and more. An invaluable reference and educational tool this manual is effective both as a standalone text and as an accompaniment to Marler Siders and Allens Direct Smear Atlas CD-ROM (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1998).