Warren Levinson, MD is Professor of Microbiology, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, California.
Preface | p. vii |
Acknowledgments | p. ix |
How to Use This Book | p. x |
Basic Bacteriology | p. 1 |
Bacteria Compared with Other Microorganisms | p. 1 |
Structure of Bacterial Cells | p. 4 |
Growth | p. 15 |
Genetics | p. 17 |
Classification of Medically Important Bacteria | p. 23 |
Normal Flora | p. 25 |
Pathogenesis | p. 30 |
Host Defenses | p. 53 |
Laboratory Diagnosis | p. 62 |
Antimicrobial Drugs: Mechanism of Action | p. 69 |
Antimicrobial Drugs: Resistance | p. 85 |
Bacterial Vaccines | p. 94 |
Sterilization & Disinfection | p. 98 |
Clinical Bacteriology | p. 102 |
Overview of the Major Pathogens & Introduction to Anaerobic Bacteria | p. 102 |
Gram-Positive Cocci | p. 106 |
Gram-Negative Cocci | p. 119 |
Gram-Positive Rods | p. 124 |
Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Enteric Tract | p. 133 |
Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Respiratory Tract | p. 152 |
Gram-Negative Rods Related to Animal Sources (Zoonotic Organisms) | p. 157 |
Mycobacteria | p. 161 |
Actinomycetes | p. 169 |
Mycoplasmas | p. 171 |
Spirochetes | p. 173 |
Chlamydiae | p. 179 |
Rickettsiae | p. 182 |
Minor Bacterial Pathogens | p. 186 |
Basic Virology | p. 192 |
Structure | p. 193 |
Replication | p. 199 |
Genetics & Gene Therapy | p. 212 |
Classification of Medically Important Viruses | p. 216 |
Pathogenesis | p. 221 |
Host Defenses | p. 228 |
Laboratory Diagnosis | p. 233 |
Antiviral Drugs | p. 236 |
Viral Vaccines | p. 244 |
Clinical Virology | p. 249 |
DNA Enveloped Viruses | p. 252 |
DNA Nonenveloped Viruses | p. 263 |
RNA Enveloped Viruses | p. 267 |
RNA Nonenveloped Viruses | p. 284 |
Hepatitis Viruses | p. 292 |
Arboviruses | p. 302 |
Tumor Viruses | p. 307 |
Slow Viruses & Prions | p. 317 |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus | p. 322 |
Minor Viral Pathogens | p. 331 |
Mycology | p. 336 |
Basic Mycology | p. 336 |
Cutaneous & Subcutaneous Mycoses | p. 342 |
Systemic Mycoses | p. 344 |
Opportunistic Mycoses | p. 349 |
Parasitology | p. 353 |
Intestinal & Urogenital Protozoa | p. 354 |
Blood & Tissue Protozoa | p. 360 |
Minor Protozoan Pathogens | p. 371 |
Cestodes | p. 373 |
Trematodes | p. 379 |
Nematodes | p. 384 |
Immunology | p. 396 |
Immunity | p. 396 |
Cellular Basis of the Immune Response | p. 406 |
Antibodies | p. 426 |
Humoral Immunity | p. 436 |
Cell-Mediated Immunity | p. 438 |
Major Histocompatibility Complex & Transplantation | p. 440 |
Complement | p. 446 |
Antigen-Antibody Reactions in the Laboratory | p. 450 |
Hypersensitivity (Allergy) | p. 460 |
Tolerance & Autoimmune Disease | p. 468 |
Tumor Immunity | p. 476 |
Immunodeficiency | p. 478 |
Ectoparasites | p. 484 |
Ectoparasites That Cause Human Disease | p. 484 |
Brief Summaries of Medically Important Organisms | p. 488 |
Summaries of Medically Important Bacteria | p. 488 |
Summaries of Medically Important Viruses | p. 504 |
Summaries of Medically Important Fungi | p. 514 |
Summaries of Medically Important Parasites | p. 517 |
Summaries of Medically Important Ectoparasites | p. 524 |
Clinical Cases | p. 526 |
Pearls for the Usmle | p. 536 |
Usmle (National Board) Practice Questions | p. 544 |
Basic Bacteriology | p. 544 |
Clinical Bacteriology | p. 549 |
Basic Virology | p. 557 |
Clinical Virology | p. 561 |
Mycology | p. 568 |
Parasitology | p. 571 |
Immunology | p. 574 |
Extended Matching Questions | p. 584 |
Clinical Case Questions | p. 586 |
Usmle (National Board) Practice Examination | p. 595 |
Index | p. 607 |
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