SOMMAIRE : SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION 1. Evolution of virulence 2. General principles of diagnosis 3. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing and principles of antimicrobial therapy SECTION 2: VETERINARY BACTERIOLOGY Gram positive aerobic cocci 4. Staphylococcus 5. Streptococcus and Enterococcus Gram positive aerobic rods 6. Actinomyces and Arcanobacterium 7. Bacillus 8. Corynebacterium 9. Dermatophilus and Nocardia 10. Listeria and Erysipelothrix 11. Mycobacterium 12. Rhodococcus Gram negative bacteria Enterobacteriaceae 13. Escherichia and Shigella 14. Klebsiella 15. Proteus 16. Salmonella 17. Yersinia 18. Bordetella 19. Burkholderia and Pseudomonas 20. Aeromonas and Vibrio 21. Moraxella and Neisseria 22. Actinobacillus 23. Mannheimia and Pasteurella 24. Haemophilus and Taylorella 25. Brucella 26. Francisella 27. Infrequently-encountered Gram-negative rods: Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale, Streptobacillus moniliformis, Legionella spp, Riemerella spp, Bartonella spp, and Chromobacterium spp Curved and spiral-shaped bacteria 28. Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Arcobacter 29. Brachyspira and Serpulina 30. Lawsonia 31. Leptospira 32. Treponema and Borrelia Anaerobic bacteria Anaerobic Gram positive rods and cocci 33. Clostridium 34. Other Gram-positive anaerobes Anaerobic Gram negative rods 35. Bacteroides 36. Dichelobacter 37. Fusobacterium 38. Prevotella and Porphyromonas Bacteria without cell walls 39. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma Obligate intracellular bacteria 40. Anaplasma, Eperythrozoon, and Hemobartonella 41. Chlamydia and Chlamydophila 42. Coxiella and Cowdria 43. Ehrlichia 44. Rickettsia and Neorickettsia SECTION 3: VETERINARY MYCOLOGY 45. Introduction to veterinary mycology 46. Cutaneous mycoses 47. Subcutaneous mycoses 48. Systemic mycoses 49. Opportunistic mycoses 50. Fungal-like agents