This all-new series has been built around the Common Core State Standards and is 100% aligned. Perfect for early implementers of these new standards, our all-new Common Core Clinics follow the structure and demands of the CCSS and pinpoint every required standard.

This all-new series has been built around the Common Core State Standards and is 100% aligned. Perfect for early implementers of these new standards, our all-new Common Core Clinics follow the structure and demands of the CCSS and pinpoint every required standard.

This all-new series has been built around the Common Core State Standards and is 100% aligned. Perfect for early implementers of these new standards, our all-new Common Core Clinics follow the structure and demands of the CCSS and pinpoint every required standard.

This all-new series has been built around the Common Core State Standards and is 100% aligned. Perfect for early implementers of these new standards, our all-new Common Core Clinics follow the structure and demands of the CCSS and pinpoint every required standard.

This guide provides a full range of updated, evidence-based norms and standards that will enable health care providers to give high quality care during pregnancy, delivery and in the postpartum period, considering the needs of the mother and her newborn baby. All recommendations are for skilled attendants working at the primary level of health care, either at the facility or in the community. They apply to all women attending antenatal care, in delivery, postpartum or post abortion care, or who come for emergency care, and to all newborns at birth and during the first week of life (or later) for routine and emergency care. This guide is a guide for clinical decision-making. It facilitates the collection; analysis, classification and use of relevant information by suggesting key questions, essential observations and/or examinations, and recommending appropriate research-based interventions. It promotes the early detection of complications and the initiation of early and appropriate treatment, including time referral, if necessary. Correct use of this guide should help reduce high maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity rates prevalent in many parts of the developing world, thereby making pregnancy and childbirth safer.

This all-new series has been built around the Common Core State Standards and is 100% aligned. Perfect for early implementers of these new standards, our all-new Common Core Clinics follow the structure and demands of the CCSS and pinpoint every required standard.

Preface INTRODUCTION HISTORY OF MICROBIOLOGY EVOLUTION OF MICROORGANISM CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISM NOMENCLATURE AND BERGEY'S MANUAL BACTERIA VIRUSES BACTERIAL VIRUSES PLANT VIRUSES THE ANIMAL VIRUSES ARCHAEA MYCOPLASMA PHYTOPLASMA GENERAL ACCOUNT OF CYANOBACTERIA GRAM -ve BACTERIA GRAM +ve BACTERIA EUKARYOTA APPENDIX-1 Prokaryotes Notable for their Environmental Significance APPENDIX-2 Medically Important Chemoorganotrophs APPENDIX-3 Terms Used to Describe Microorganisms According to Their Metabolic Capabilities QUESTIONS Short & Essay Type Questions; Multiple Choice Questions INDEX.