Medical Microbiology & Immunology

by Levinson, Warren

• ISBN13: 9780838562628
• ISBN10: 0838562620
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: SCHOLG

Author Biography

Warren Levinson, MD, PhD: Professor of Microbiology, University of California, San Francisco Ernest Jawetz, MD, PhD: Professor of Microbiology and Medicine Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
How to Use This Book	p. x
Basic Bacteriology	p. 1
Bacteria Compared With Other Microorganisms	p. 1
Structure of Bacterial Cells	p. 4
Growth	p. 15
Genetics	p. 17
Classification of Medically Important Bacteria	p. 23
Normal Flora	p. 25
Pathogenesis	p. 30
Host Defenses	p. 51
Laboratory Diagnosis	p. 60
Antimicrobial Drugs: Mechanism of Action	p. 67
Antimicrobial Drugs: Resistance	p. 82
Bacterial Vaccines	p. 91
Sterilization & Disinfection	p. 95
Clinical Baceriology	p. 99
Overview of the Major Pathogens & Introduction to Anaerobic Bacteria	p. 99
Gram-Positive Cocci	p. 103
Gram-Negative Cocci	p. 115
Gram-Positive Rods	p. 119
Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Enteric Tract	p. 128
Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Respiratory Tract	p. 147
Gram-Negative Rods Related to Animal Sources (Zoonotic Organisms)	p. 152
Mycobacteria	p. 156
Actinomycetes	p. 164
Mycoplasmas	p. 166
Spirochetes	p. 168
Chlamydiae	p. 173
Rickettsiae	p. 176
Minor Bacterial Pathogens	p. 179
Basic Virology	p. 185
Structure	p. 186
Replication	p. 192
Genetics & Gene Therapy	p. 205
Classification of Medically Important Viruses	p. 209
Pathogenesis	p. 214
Host Defenses	p. 221
Laboratory Diagnosis	p. 226
Antiviral Drugs	p. 229
Viral Vaccines	p. 237
Clinical Virology	p. 241
DNA Enveloped Viruses	p. 244
DNA Nonenveloped Viruses	p. 255
RNA Enveloped Viruses	p. 259
RNA Nonenveloped Viruses	p. 275
Hepatitis Viruses	p. 283
Arboviruses	p. 293
Tumor Viruses	p. 298
Slow Viruses & Prions	p. 308
Human Immunodeficiency Virus	p. 313
Minor Viral Pathogens	p. 322
Mycology	p. 326
Basic Mycology	p. 326
Cutaneous & Subcutaneous Mycoses	p. 331
Systemic Mycoses	p. 333
Opportunistic Mycoses	p. 338
Parasitology	p. 342
Intestinal & Urogenital Protozoa	p. 343
Blood & Tissue Protozoa	p. 349
Minor Protozoan Pathogens	p. 359
Cestodes	p. 361
Trematodes	p. 367
Nematodes	p. 372
Immunology	p. 383
Immunity	p. 383
Cellular Basis of the Immune Response	p. 393
Antibodies	p. 413
Humoral Immunity	p. 422
Cell-Mediated Immunity	p. 424
Major Histocompatibility Complex & Transplantation	p. 426
Complement	p. 431
Antigen-Antibody Reactions in the Laboratory	p. 435
Hypersensitivity (Allergy)	p. 445
Tolerance & Autoimmune Disease	p. 453
Tumor Immunity	p. 461
Immunodeficiency	p. 463
Brief Summaries of Medically Important Organisms	p. 469
Summaries of Medically Important Bacteria	p. 469
Summaries of Medically Important Viruses	p. 485
Summaries of Medically Important Fungi	p. 495
Summaries of Medically Important Parasites	p. 498
Clinical Cases	p. 507
Usmle (National Board) Practice Questions	p. 517
Basic Bacteriology	p. 517
Clinical Bacteriology	p. 522
Basic Virology	p. 530
Clinical Virology	p. 534
Mycology	p. 541
Parasitology	p. 544
Immunology	p. 547
Extended Matching Questions	p. 557
Clinical Case Questions	p. 559
Usmle (National Board) Practice Examination	p. 568
Index	p. 581
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