Anaerobic Bacteria

I Introduction. Selected Clinical Laboratory Topics and Identification.- 1. Introduction: Culture of Clinical Specimens for Anaerobic Bacteria.- 2. A Simplififed Technique for the Routine Cultivation of Anaerobic Bacteria.- 3. Gas Chromatography of Pus as an Indication of Anaerobic Infection.- 4. Recent Changes in Identification and Classification of Some Anaerobes.- 5. Anaerobic Flora of the Female Genital Tract.- 6. A Standardized Disk Method for Antibiotic Susceptibility Test for Anaerobes; Four Years of Antibiotic Data.- 7. Changing Trends in the Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Anaerobic Bacteria.- II Pathogenicity of Anaerobes.- 8. Campylobacter Enteritis and Septicemia.- 9. Role of Anaerobes in Crohn's Disease.- 10. Infections Following Gastroduoedenal Operations.- 11. The Anaerobic Microflora Associated with Periodontal Disease.- 12. The Relationship Between the Periodontal Microflora and Alveolar Bone Loss in Macaca Arctoides.- 13. Experimental animal Models for Anaerobic Infections.- III Serology of Anaerobes.- 14. Serology of Bacteroidaceae.- 15. Demonstration of Heat Stable and Heat Labile Antigens of Bacteroides Fragilis with the Use of Co-Agglutination and Immunoelectrophoresis Techniques.- 16. Surface Antigens as Virulence Factors in Infection with Bacteroides Fragilis.- 17. Antigenic Analysis of Actinomyces Species.- 18. Serology of Propionibacteria.- IV Immune Response to Anaerobic Infections.- 19. Immune Response to Anaerobic Septicemia and to Anaerobic Cocci.- 20. Immune Response to Anaerobic Wound Infections.- 21. Immune Response of Hamsters and Humans with Antibiotic-Associated Colitis.- 22. Systemic Immune Responses to Oral Anaerobic Organisms.- 23. Clinical Summary of Conference.- 24. Microbiological Summary of Conference.