Introduction to Medical Microbiology | p. 1 |
Basic Principles of Medical Microbiology | p. 5 |
Bacterial Classification | p. 7 |
Bacterial Morphology and Cell Wall Structure and Synthesis | p. 11 |
Bacterial Metabolism and Growth | p. 25 |
Bacterial Genetics | p. 35 |
Viral Classification, Structure, and Replication | p. 48 |
Fungal Classification, Structure, and Replication | p. 67 |
Parasitic Classification, Structure, and Replication | p. 71 |
Commensal and Pathogenic Microbial Flora in Humans | p. 78 |
Sterilization, Disinfection, and Antisepsis | p. 82 |
Basic Concepts in the Immune Response | p. 89 |
Elements of Host Protective Responses | p. 91 |
The Humoral Immune Response | p. 102 |
Cellular Immune Responses | p. 113 |
Immune Responses to Infectious Agents | p. 123 |
Antimicrobial Vaccines | p. 147 |
General Principles of Laboratory Diagnosis | p. 155 |
Microscopic Principles and Applications | p. 157 |
Molecular Diagnosis | p. 162 |
Serologic Diagnosis | p. 167 |
Bacteriology | p. 175 |
Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis | p. 176 |
Antibacterial Agents | p. 185 |
Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases | p. 195 |
Staphylococcus and Related Organisms | p. 202 |
Streptococcus | p. 217 |
Enterococcus and Other Gram-Positive Cocci | p. 236 |
Bacillus | p. 240 |
Listeria and Erysipelothrix | p. 245 |
Corynebacterium and Other Gram-Positive Bacilli | p. 250 |
Neisseria | p. 256 |
Enterobacteriaceae | p. 266 |
Vibrio, Aeromonas, and Plesiomonas | p. 281 |
Campylobacter and Helicobacter | p. 288 |
Pseudomonas and Related Organisms | p. 297 |
Bordetella, Francisella, and Brucella | p. 305 |
Pasteurellaceae | p. 317 |
Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacilli | p. 325 |
Anaerobic Gram-Positive Cocci and Non-Spore-Forming Bacilli | p. 334 |
Clostridium | p. 340 |
Anaerobic Gram-Negative Bacilli | p. 354 |
Nocardia, Rhodococcus, and Related Actinomycetes | p. 359 |
Mycobacterium | p. 366 |
Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira | p. 378 |
Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma | p. 395 |
Rickettsia, Orientia, Ehrlichia, and Coxiella | p. 401 |
Chlamydiaceae | p. 412 |
Role of Bacteria in Disease | p. 421 |
Virology | p. 427 |
Mechanisms of Viral Pathogenesis | p. 429 |
Antiviral Agents | p. 441 |
Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Diseases | p. 449 |
Papovaviruses | p. 458 |
Adenoviruses | p. 467 |
Human Herpesviruses | p. 475 |
Poxviruses | p. 499 |
Parvoviruses | p. 505 |
Picornaviruses | p. 511 |
Paramyxoviruses | p. 523 |
Orthomyxoviruses | p. 535 |
Reoviruses | p. 543 |
Rhabdoviruses | p. 551 |
Togaviruses and Flaviviruses | p. 557 |
Bunyaviridae | p. 569 |
Retroviruses | p. 574 |
Hepatitis Viruses | p. 591 |
Unconventional Slow Viruses: Prions | p. 607 |
Miscellaneous Viruses | p. 611 |
Role of Viruses in Disease | p. 618 |
Mycology | p. 627 |
Mechanisms of Fungal Pathogenesis | p. 629 |
Antifungal Agents | p. 632 |
Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Diseases | p. 637 |
Superficial, Cutaneous, and Subcutaneous Mycoses | p. 639 |
Systemic Mycoses | p. 651 |
Opportunistic Mycoses | p. 664 |
Parasitology | p. 673 |
Pathogenesis of Parasitic Disease | p. 675 |
Antiparasitic Agents | p. 680 |
Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases | p. 688 |
Intestinal and Urogenital Protozoa | p. 698 |
Blood and Tissue Protozoa | p. 712 |
Nematodes | p. 728 |
Trematodes | p. 744 |
Cestodes | p. 754 |
Arthropods | p. 764 |
Index | p. 781 |
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