Jawetz, Melnick, and Adelberg's Medical Microbiology

by Brooks, Geo F.

• ISBN13: 9780071412070
• ISBN10: 0071412077
• Edition: 23rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-25
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical

Summary

The classic text on the medical aspects of medical microbiology! This comprehensive and authoritative text covers the basic and clinical aspects of microbiology. Thoroughly updated and revised, this edition continues to focus on the microbiology concepts that are essential to the diagnosis of clinical infections. Features review questions in USMLE format at the end of each chapter as well as a clinical correlations chapter that offers case studies focusing on the differential diagnosis and management of microbial infections.

Table of Contents

I. Fundamentals of Microbiology

1. The Science of Microbiology

2. Cell Structure

3. Classification of Bacteria

4. The Growth, Survival, & Death of Microorganisms

5. Cultivation of Microorganisms

6. Microbial Metabolism

7. Microbial Genetics

II. Immunology

8. ImmunologyBacteriology

III. Bacteriology

9. Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infection

10. Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

11. Normal Microbial Flora of the Human Body

12. Spore-Forming Gram-Positive Bacilli: Bacillus & Clostridium Species

13. Non-Spore-Forming Gram-Positive Bacilli: Corynebacterium, Propionibacterium, Listeria, Erysipelothrix & Related Pathogens

14. The Staphylococci

15. The Streptococci

16. Enteric Gram-Negative Rods (Enterobacteriaceae)

17. Pseudomonads, Acinetobacters, & Uncommon Gram-Negative Bacteria

18. Vibrios, Campylobacters, Helicobacters, & Associated Bacteria

19. Haemophilus, Bordetella, and Brucella

20. Yersinia, Francisella, & Pasteurella

21. The Neisseriae

22. Infections Caused by Anaerobic Bacteria

23. Legionellae & Unusual Bacterial Pathogens

24. Mycobacteria

25. Spirochetes & Other Spiral Microorganisms

26. Mycoplasmas (Mollicutes) & Cell Wall-Defective Bacteria

27. Rickettsial Diseases

28. Chlamydiae

IV. Virology

29. General Properties of Viruses

30. Pathogenesis & Control of Viral Diseases

31. Parvoviruses

32. Adenoviruses

33. Herpesviruses

34. Poxviruses

35. Hepatitis Viruses

36. Picornaviruses (Enterovirus & Rhinovirus Groups)

37. Reoviruses & Rotaviruses

38. Arthropod-Borne & Rodent-Borne Viral Diseases

39. Orthomyxoviruses (Influenze Viruses)

40. Paramyxoviruses & Rubella Virus

41. Coronaviruses

42. Rabies & Slow Virus Infections

43. Human Cancer Viruses

44. AIDS & Lentiviruses

V. Mycology

45. Medical Mycology

VI. Parasitology

46. Medical Parasitology

VII. Diagnostic Medical Microbiology & Clinical Correlations

47. Principles of Diagnostic Medical Microbiology

48. Cases & Clinical Correlations