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Medical Microbiology : With Student Consult Online Access
ISBN: 9780323044752 | 0323044751
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: MOSBY-YEAR BOOK INC
Pub. Date: 10/1/2007
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Cedric Mims is Emeritus Professor, Department of Microbiology, Guy's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.
MIMS' MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY offers thorough and up-to-date coverage of microbiology and basic immunology, through a clinically relevant, systems-based approach. The textbook emphasises the microbiology of the agents causing disease, and the diseases affecting individual organ systems. Through thorough cross referencing, the reader can easily find what they need, whether seeking information from a systems or a mi... MORE
MIMS' MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY offers thorough and up-to-date coverage of microbiology and basic immunology, through a clinically relevant, systems-based approach. The textbook emphasises the microbiology of the agents causing disease, and the diseases affecting individual organ systems. Through thorough cross referencing, the reader can easily find what they need, whether seeking information from a systems or a mi... MORE
| Microbes as parasites | |
| The varieties of microbes | |
| Living inside or outside cells | |
| Systems of classification | |
| The bacteria | |
| Structure | |
| Nutrition | |
| Growth and division | |
| Gene expression | |
| Extrachromosomal elements | |
| Mutation and gene transfer | |
| Survival under adverse... MORE | |
| The genomics of medically important bacteria | |
| The viruses | |
| Infection of host cells | |
| Replication | |
| Outcome of viral infection | |
| Major groups of viruses | |
| The fungi | |
| Major groups of disease-causing fungi | |
| The protozoa | |
| The helminths and arthropods | |
| The helminths | |
| The arthropods | |
| Prions | |
| Rogue protein pathogenesis | |
| Development and transmission of prion diseases | |
| Medical problems posed by prion disease | |
| The hostparasite relationship | |
| The normal flora | |
| Symbiotic associations | |
| The characteristics of parasitism | |
| The evolution of parasitism | |
| The innate defenses of the body | |
| Defense against entry into the body | |
| Defenses once the microorganism penetrates the body | |
| Adaptive responses provide a quantum leap in effective defense | |
| The role of antibodies | |
| The role of T lymphocytes | |
| Extracellular attack on large infectious agents | |
| Local defenses at mucosal surfaces | |
| The cellular basis of adaptive immune responses | |
| B and T cell receptors | |
| Clonal expansion of lymphocytes | |
| The role of memory cells | |
| Stimulation of lymphocytes | |
| Cytokines | |
| Regulatory mechanisms | |
| Tolerance mechanisms | |
| Background to the infectious diseases | |
| Hostparasite relationships | |
| Causes of infectious diseases | |
| The biologic response gradient | |
| Entry, exit and transmission | |
| Sites of entry | |
| Exit and transmission | |
| Types of transmission between humans | |
| Transmission from animals | |
| Immune defenses in action | |
| Complement | |
| Acute phase proteins and pattern recognition receptors | |
| Fever | |
| Natural killer cells | |
| Phagocytosis | |
| Cytokines | |
| Antibody-mediated immunity | |
| Cell-medited immunity | |
| Recovery from infection | |
| Spread and replication | |
| Features of surface and systemic infections | |
| Mechanisms of spread through the body | |
| Genetic determinants of spread and replication | |
| Other factors affecting spread and replication | |
| Parasite survival strategies and persistent infections | |
| Parasite survival strategies | |
| Concealment of antigens | |
| Antigenic variation | |
| Immunosuppression | |
| Persistent infections | |
| Pathologic consequences of infection | |
| Pathology caused directly by the microorganism | |
| Pathologic activation of natural immune mechanisms | |
| Pathologic consequences of the immune response | |
| Skin rashes | |
| Viruses and cancer | |
| Introduction to | |
| The Clinical Manifestations of Infection | |
| Upper respiratory tract infections | |
| The common cold | |
| Pharyngitis and tonsillitis | |
| Parotitis | |
| Otitis and sinusitis | |
| Acute epiglottitis | |
| Oral cavity infections | |
| Laryngitis and tracheitis | |
| Diphtheria | |
| Lower respiratory tract infections | |
| Acute infections | |
| Chronic infections | |
| Parasitic infections | |
| Urinary tract infections | |
| Acquisition and etiology | |
| Pathogenesis | |
| Clinical features and complications | |
| Laboratory diagnosis | |
| Treatment | |
| Prevention | |
| Sexually transmitted diseases | |
| STDs and sexual behavior | |
| Syphilis | |
| Gonorrhea | |
| Chlamydial infection | |
| Other causes of inguinal lymphadenopathy | |
| Mycoplasmas and non-gonococcal urethritis | |
| Other causes of vaginitis and urethritis | |
| Genital herpes | |
| Human papillomavirus infection | |
| Human immunodeficiency virus | |
| Opportunistic STDs | |
| Arthropod infesta | |
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