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Medical Microbiology and Immunology : Examination and Board Review

by Levinson, Warren

ISBN13: 9780071431996
ISBN10: 0071431993
Additional ISBN(s): 9780071460316
Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2004-06-24
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
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Summary

The most concise, comprehensive, and up-to-date medical microbiology & immunology review! Gives students the high-yield information they need to prepare for the USMLE Step 1 and course exams. Completely updated throughout, the new edition covers developments in HIV, hepatitis, smallpox, SARS, and more. Features case discussions, USMLE-style questions, and a USMLE-style practice exam.

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

Preface

vii

Acknowledgments

How to Use This Book

I. BASIC BACTERIOLOGY

(98)

1. Bacteria Compared With Other Microorganisms

(3)

2. Structure of Bacterial Cells

(11)

3. Growth

(2)

4. Genetics

(6)

5. Classification of Medically Important Bacteria

(2)

6. Normal Flora

(5)

7. Pathogenesis

(21)

8. Host Defenses

(9)

9. Laboratory Diagnosis

(7)

10. Antimicrobial Drugs: Mechanism of Action

(15)

11. Antimicrobial Drugs: Resistance

(9)

12. Bacterial Vaccines

(4)

13. Sterilization & Disinfection

(4)

II. CLINICAL BACERIOLOGY

(86)

14. Overview of the Major Pathogens & Introduction to Anaerobic Bacteria

(4)

15. Gram-Positive Cocci

103

(12)

16. Gram-Negative Cocci

115

(4)

17. Gram-Positive Rods

119

(9)

18. Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Enteric Tract

128

(19)

19. Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Respiratory Tract

147

(5)

20. Gram-Negative Rods Related to Animal Sources (Zoonotic Organisms)

152

(4)

21. Mycobacteria

156

(8)

22. Actinomycetes

164

(2)

23. Mycoplasmas

166

(2)

24. Spirochetes

168

(5)

25. Chlamydiae

173

(3)

26. Rickettsiae

176

(3)

27. Minor Bacterial Pathogens

179

(6)

III. BASIC VIROLOGY

185

(56)

28. Structure

186

(6)

29. Replication

192

(13)

30. Genetics & Gene Therapy

205

(4)

31. Classification of Medically Important Viruses

209

(5)

32. Pathogenesis

214

(7)

33. Host Defenses

221

(5)

34. Laboratory Diagnosis

226

(3)

35. Antiviral Drugs

229

(8)

36. Viral Vaccines

237

(4)

IV. CLINICAL VIROLOGY

241

(85)

37. DNA Enveloped Viruses

244

(11)

38. DNA Nonenveloped Viruses

255

(4)

39. RNA Enveloped Viruses

259

(16)

40. RNA Nonenveloped Viruses

275

(8)

41. Hepatitis Viruses

283

(10)

42. Arboviruses

293

(5)

43. Tumor Viruses

298

(10)

44. Slow Viruses & Prions

308

(5)

45. Human Immunodeficiency Virus

313

(9)

46. Minor Viral Pathogens

322

(4)

V. MYCOLOGY

326

(16)

47. Basic Mycology

326

(5)

48. Cutaneous & Subcutaneous Mycoses

331

(2)

49. Systemic Mycoses

333

(5)

50. Opportunistic Mycoses

338

(4)

VI. PARASITOLOGY

342

(41)

51. Intestinal & Urogenital Protozoa

343

(6)

52. Blood & Tissue Protozoa

349

(10)

53. Minor Protozoan Pathogens

359

(2)

54. Cestodes

361

(6)

55. Trematodes

367

(5)

56. Nematodes

372

(11)

VII. IMMUNOLOGY

383

(86)

57. Immunity

383

(10)

58. Cellular Basis of the Immune Response

393

(20)

59. Antibodies

413

(9)

60. Humoral Immunity

422

(2)

61. Cell-Mediated Immunity

424

(2)

62. Major Histocompatibility Complex & Transplantation

426

(5)

63. Complement

431

(4)

64. Antigen-Antibody Reactions in the Laboratory

435

(10)

65. Hypersensitivity (Allergy)

445

(8)

66. Tolerance & Autoimmune Disease

453

(8)

67. Tumor Immunity

461

(2)

68. Immunodeficiency

463

(6)

VIII. BRIEF SUMMARIES OF MEDICALLY IMPORTANT ORGANISMS

469

(38)

Summaries of Medically Important Bacteria

469

(16)

Summaries of Medically Important Viruses

485

(10)

Summaries of Medically Important Fungi

495

(3)

Summaries of Medically Important Parasites

498

(9)

IX. CLINICAL CASES

507

(10)

X. USMLE (NATIONAL BOARD) PRACTICE QUESTIONS

517

(51)

Basic Bacteriology

517

(5)

Clinical Bacteriology

522

(8)

Basic Virology

530

(4)

Clinical Virology

534

(7)

Mycology

541

(3)

Parasitology

544

(3)

Immunology

547

(10)

Extended Matching Questions

557

(2)

Clinical Case Questions

559

(9)

XI. USMLE (NATIONAL BOARD) PRACTICE EXAMINATION

568

(13)

INDEX

581

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