Essential Microbiology for Dentistry

by Samaranayake

• ISBN13: 9780443064616
• ISBN10: 044306461X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-25
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone

Summary

This is a textbook of general and oral microbiology for dental students that is also useful for those taking postgraduate dentistry exams.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(2)
Part 1: General microbiology	3	(60)
Bacterial structure and taxonomy	5	(7)
Bacterial physiology and genetics	12	(10)
Viruses and prions	22	(7)
Pathogenesis of microbial disease	29	(9)
Diagnostic microbiology and laboratory methods	38	(15)
Antimicrobial chemotherapy	53	(10)
Part 2: Basic immunology	63	(30)
The immune system	65	(9)
The immune response	74	(9)
Immunity and infection	83	(10)
Part 3: Microbes of relevance to dentistry	93	(56)
Streptococci, staphylococci and micrococci	95	(7)
Lactobacilli, corynebacteria and propionibacteria	102	(3)
Actinomycetes, clostridia and Bacillus species	105	(5)
Neisseriaceae, Veillonella, parvobacteria and Capnocytophaga	110	(5)
Enterobacteria	115	(5)
Vibrios, campylobacters and Wolinella	120	(2)
Bacteroides, Porphyromonas and Prevotella	122	(2)
Fusobacteria, Leptotrichia and spirochaetes	124	(4)
Mycobacteria and legionellae	128	(3)
Chlamydiae, rickettsiae and mycoplasmas	131	(2)
Viruses of relevance to dentistry	133	(9)
Fungi of relevance to dentistry	142	(7)
Part 4: Infections of relevance to dentistry	149	(56)
Infections of the respiratory tract	151	(8)
Infections of the cardiovascular system	159	(6)
Infections of the central nervous and locomotor systems	165	(5)
Infections of the gastrointestinal tract	170	(7)
Infections of the genitourinary tract	177	(6)
Skin and wound infections	183	(22)
Part 5: Oral microbiology	205	(48)
Normal oral flora, the oral ecosystem and dental plaque	207	(10)
Microbiology of dental caries	217	(7)
Microbiology of periodontal disease	224	(9)
Dentoalveolar infections	233	(6)
Oral mucosal and salivary gland infections	239	(14)
Part 6: Cross-infection and control	253	(20)
Principles of infection control	255	(3)
Infection control procedures in dentistry	258	(15)
Glossary of terms and abbreviations	273	(8)
Index	281