Presents diagnostic microbiology photographs of a range of bacterial agents augmented with many photographs of patients' clinical presentationProvides a little pearl of additional knowledge with each illustration Includes coverage of newly described microbial agents and their identifying characteristicsDraws on the expertise of a distinguished clinical microbiologist Filled with highly instructional visual images, An Atlas of the Clinical Microbiology of Infectious Diseases, Volume 1: Bacterial Agents contains typical and atypical presentations and identifying characteristics of microorganisms, including newly described microbial agents, covering the breadth of clinical microbiology. The book presents more than 425 color photomicrographs harvested over the author's 40-year career augmented by up-to-date text describing each microbial entity included and offering insightful comments on their clinical significance.