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Medical Microbiology, 24th edition
ISBN: 9780071476669 | 0071476660
Edition: 24thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
Pub. Date: 4/20/2007
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The landmark clinical guide to the role microorganisms play in human health and illnesses -extensively revised and updated Linking fundamental microbiology concepts with the diagnosis and treatment of clinical infections, this one-of-a-kind, portable text delivers an essential overview of the organisms and agents involved in clinical microbiology. In addition to brief descriptions of the organisms, you'll find vital perspectives on pathogenesis, diagnostic laboratory tests, clinical findings, treatment, and epidemiology. The book's purpose is to introduce basic clinical microbiology through the fields of bacteriology, virology, mycology, and parasitology giving you a far-reaching, yet accessible review of the discipline that you can't find anywhere else. Supporting this acclaimed coverage are more than 300 informative illustrations and tables, each designed to clarify and drive home important chapter concepts. New to this Edition: Updates to critical topics throughout, particularly in the areas of hepatitis viruses, the HIV virus, and bacterial virulence factors Refreshed USMLE questions Revised list of microorganisms and viruses featured on the inside of the book's covers
| Preface | |
| The science of microbiology | |
| Cell structure | |
| Classification of bacteria | |
| The growth, survival, & death of microorganisms | |
| Cultivation of microorganisms | |
| Microbial metabolism | |
| Microbial genetics | |
| Immunology | |
| Pathogenesis of bacterial infection | |
| Antimicrobial chemotherapy | ... MORE |
| Normal microbial flora of the human body | |
| Spore-forming gram-positive bacilli : bacillus & clostridium species | |
| Non-spore-forming gram-positive bacilli : corynebacterium, propionibacterium, listeria, erysipelothrix, actinomycetes, & related pathogens | |
| The staphylococci | |
| The streptococci | |
| Enteric gram-negative rods (enterobacteriaceae) | |
| Pseudomonads, acinetobacters, & uncommon gram-negative bacteria | |
| Vibrios, campylobacters, helicobacter, & associated bacteria | |
| Haemophilus, bordetella, brucella, & francisella | |
| Yersinia & pasteurella | |
| The neisseriae | |
| Infections caused by anaerobic bacteria | |
| Legionellae, bartonella, & unusual bacterial pathogens | |
| Mycobacteria | |
| Spirochetes & other spiral microorganisms | |
| Mycoplasmas & cell wall-defective bacteria | |
| Rickettsia & ehrlichia | |
| Chlamydiae | |
| General properties of viruses | |
| Pathogenesis & control of viral diseases | |
| Parvoviruses | |
| Adenoviruses | |
| Herpesviruses | |
| Poxviruses | |
| Hepatitis viruses | |
| Picornaviruses (enterovirus & rhinovirus groups) | |
| Reoviruses, rotaviruses, & caliciviruses | |
| Arthropod-borne & rodent-borne viral diseases | |
| Orthomyxoviruses (influenza viruses) | |
| Paramyxoviruses & rubella virus | |
| Coronaviruses | |
| Rabies, slow virus infections, & prion diseases | |
| Human cancer viruses | |
| AIDS & lentiviruses | |
| Medical mycology | |
| Medical parasitology | |
| Principles of diagnostic medical microbiology | |
| Cases & clinical correlations | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
Geoff Brooks, MD, is head of the Clinical Microbiology lab at UCSF.
Janet Butel, PhD, is Distinguished Services Professor and Head, Department of Molecular Virology & Microbiology, Baylor University College of Medicine.
Stephen A. Morse, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
