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Medical Microbiology & Immunology
ISBN: 9780838562628 | 0838562620
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: PRENTICE HALL SCHOOL GROUP
Pub. Date: 1/1/2000
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| 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 | ... MOREp. 30 |
| Host Defenses | p. 51 |
| Laboratory Diagnosis | p. 60 |
| Antimicrobial Drugs: Mechanism of Action | p. 67 |
| Antimicrobial Drugs: Resistance | p. 82 |
| Bacterial Vaccines | p. 91 |
| Sterilization & Disinfection | p. 95 |
| Clinical Baceriology | p. 99 |
| Overview of the Major Pathogens & Introduction to Anaerobic Bacteria | p. 99 |
| Gram-Positive Cocci | p. 103 |
| Gram-Negative Cocci | p. 115 |
| Gram-Positive Rods | p. 119 |
| Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Enteric Tract | p. 128 |
| Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Respiratory Tract | p. 147 |
| Gram-Negative Rods Related to Animal Sources (Zoonotic Organisms) | p. 152 |
| Mycobacteria | p. 156 |
| Actinomycetes | p. 164 |
| Mycoplasmas | p. 166 |
| Spirochetes | p. 168 |
| Chlamydiae | p. 173 |
| Rickettsiae | p. 176 |
| Minor Bacterial Pathogens | p. 179 |
| Basic Virology | p. 185 |
| Structure | p. 186 |
| Replication | p. 192 |
| Genetics & Gene Therapy | p. 205 |
| Classification of Medically Important Viruses | p. 209 |
| Pathogenesis | p. 214 |
| Host Defenses | p. 221 |
| Laboratory Diagnosis | p. 226 |
| Antiviral Drugs | p. 229 |
| Viral Vaccines | p. 237 |
| Clinical Virology | p. 241 |
| DNA Enveloped Viruses | p. 244 |
| DNA Nonenveloped Viruses | p. 255 |
| RNA Enveloped Viruses | p. 259 |
| RNA Nonenveloped Viruses | p. 275 |
| Hepatitis Viruses | p. 283 |
| Arboviruses | p. 293 |
| Tumor Viruses | p. 298 |
| Slow Viruses & Prions | p. 308 |
| Human Immunodeficiency Virus | p. 313 |
| Minor Viral Pathogens | p. 322 |
| Mycology | p. 326 |
| Basic Mycology | p. 326 |
| Cutaneous & Subcutaneous Mycoses | p. 331 |
| Systemic Mycoses | p. 333 |
| Opportunistic Mycoses | p. 338 |
| Parasitology | p. 342 |
| Intestinal & Urogenital Protozoa | p. 343 |
| Blood & Tissue Protozoa | p. 349 |
| Minor Protozoan Pathogens | p. 359 |
| Cestodes | p. 361 |
| Trematodes | p. 367 |
| Nematodes | p. 372 |
| Immunology | p. 383 |
| Immunity | p. 383 |
| Cellular Basis of the Immune Response | p. 393 |
| Antibodies | p. 413 |
| Humoral Immunity | p. 422 |
| Cell-Mediated Immunity | p. 424 |
| Major Histocompatibility Complex & Transplantation | p. 426 |
| Complement | p. 431 |
| Antigen-Antibody Reactions in the Laboratory | p. 435 |
| Hypersensitivity (Allergy) | p. 445 |
| Tolerance & Autoimmune Disease | p. 453 |
| Tumor Immunity | p. 461 |
| Immunodeficiency | p. 463 |
| Brief Summaries of Medically Important Organisms | p. 469 |
| Summaries of Medically Important Bacteria | p. 469 |
| Summaries of Medically Important Viruses | p. 485 |
| Summaries of Medically Important Fungi | p. 495 |
| Summaries of Medically Important Parasites | p. 498 |
| Clinical Cases | p. 507 |
| Usmle (National Board) Practice Questions | p. 517 |
| Basic Bacteriology | p. 517 |
| Clinical Bacteriology | p. 522 |
| Basic Virology | p. 530 |
| Clinical Virology | p. 534 |
| Mycology | p. 541 |
| Parasitology | p. 544 |
| Immunology | p. 547 |
| Extended Matching Questions | p. 557 |
| Clinical Case Questions | p. 559 |
| Usmle (National Board) Practice Examination | p. 568 |
| Index | p. 581 |
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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
