Medical Microbiology and Immunology : Examination and Board Review

by Levinson, Warren

• ISBN13: 9780838564103
• ISBN10: 0838564100
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-27
• Publisher: Appleton

Summary

Quite simply THE best book available to prepare students for the diverse study of microbiology and immunology, this edition has been thoroughly updated and revised to contain the most current information available. No other book of this length so comprehensively covers bacteria and fungi and the numerous diseases they cause, as well as immunology.

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	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Part I: Basic Bacteriology	1	(81)
Bacteria Compared With Other Microorganisms	1	(2)
Structure of Bacterial Cells	3	(10)
Growth	13	(3)
Genetics	16	(5)
Classification of Medically Important Bacteria	21	(2)
Normal Flora	23	(3)
Pathogenesis	26	(16)
Host Defenses	42	(7)
Laboratory Diagnosis	49	(5)
Antimicrobial Drugs: Mechanisms of Action	54	(14)
Antimicrobial Drugs: Resistance	68	(7)
Bacterial Vaccines	75	(3)
Sterilization & Disinfection	78	(4)
Part II: Clinical Bacteriology	82	(80)
Overview of the Major Pathogens & Introduction to Anaerobic Bacteria	82	(3)
Gram-Positive Cocci	85	(11)
Gram-Negative Cocci	96	(4)
Gram-Positive Rods	100	(7)
Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Enteric Tract	107	(19)
Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Respiratory Tract	126	(4)
Gram-Negative Rods Related to Animal Sources (Zoonotic Organisms)	130	(4)
Mycobacteria	134	(7)
Actinomycetes	141	(2)
Mycoplasmas	143	(1)
Spirochetes	144	(6)
Chlamydiae	150	(3)
Rickettsiae	153	(3)
Minor Bacterial Pathogens	156	(6)
Part III: Basic Virology	162	(44)
Structure	163	(4)
Replication	167	(11)
Genetics & Gene Therapy	178	(3)
Classification of Medically Important Viruses	181	(3)
Pathogenesis	184	(6)
Host Defenses	190	(4)
Laboratory Diagnosis	194	(2)
Antiviral Drugs	196	(7)
Viral Vaccines	203	(3)
Part IV: Clinical Virology	206	(77)
DNA Enveloped Viruses	208	(10)
DNA Nonenveloped Viruses	218	(4)
RNA Enveloped Viruses	222	(13)
RNA Nonenveloped Viruses	235	(7)
Hepatitis Viruses	242	(10)
Arboviruses	252	(5)
Tumor Viruses	257	(11)
Slow Viruses & Prions	268	(3)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus	271	(8)
Minor Viral Pathogens	279	(4)
Part V: Mycology	283	(15)
Basic Mycology	283	(4)
Cutaneous & Subcutaneous Mycoses	287	(2)
Systemic Mycoses	289	(4)
Opportunistic Mycoses	293	(5)
Part VI: Parasitology	298	(38)
Intestinal & Urogenital Protozoa	298	(6)
Blood & Tissue Protozoa	304	(9)
Minor Protozoan Pathogens	313	(2)
Cestodes	315	(5)
Trematodes	320	(5)
Nematodes	325	(11)
Part VII: Immunology	336	(78)
Immunity	336	(8)
Cellular Basis of the Immune Response	344	(19)
Antibodies	363	(9)
Humoral Immunity	372	(2)
Cell-Mediated Immunity	374	(2)
Major Histocompatibility Complex & Transplantation	376	(4)
Complement	380	(4)
Antigen-Antibody Reactions in the Laboratory	384	(10)
Hypersensitivity (Allergy)	394	(7)
Tolerance & Autoimmune Disease	401	(6)
Tumor Immunity	407	(1)
Immunodeficiency	408	(6)
Part VIII: Brief Summaries of Medically Important Organisms	414	(46)
Summaries of Medically Important Bacteria	414	(19)
Summaries of Medically Important Viruses	433	(11)
Summaries of Medically Important Fungi	444	(4)
Summaries of Medically Important Parasites	448	(12)
Part IX: Clinical Cases	460	(18)
Part X: USMLE (National Board) Practice Questions	478	(51)
Basic Bacteriology	478	(5)
Clinical Bacteriology	483	(8)
Basic Virology	491	(4)
Clinical Virology	495	(7)
Mycology	502	(3)
Parasitology	505	(3)
Immunology	508	(10)
Extended Matching Questions	518	(2)
Clinical Case Questions	520	(9)
Part XI: USMLE (National Board) Practice Examination	529	(14)
Index	543