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Basic medical microbiology/

Boyd, Robert F.

Basic medical microbiology/ Robert F. Boyd.- - 2ND Ed. - Boston: Little, Brown and Company. c1981 - xvi, 642 p. 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographic references and index

CONTENTS
Under the Microscope --
Pt. I. General Bacteriology. Ch. 1. Scope and History of Microbiology. Ch. 2. Characteristics of Bacteria. Ch. 3. Microbial Metabolism. Ch. 4. Microbial Growth. Ch. 5. Microbial Genetics. Ch. 6. Biotechnology and Medicine --
Pt. II. Control of Microorganisms. Ch. 7. Sterilization and Disinfection. Ch. 8. Chemotherapy --
Pt. III. Immunology. Ch. 9. Nonspecific Host Resistance. Ch. 10. Antigens and Antibodies. Ch. 11. Cells and Tissues of the Immune System. Ch. 12. The Immune Response (Humoral vs. Cell-Mediated Immunity). Ch. 13. Immunological Disorders --
Pt. IV. Host-Parasite Interaction. Ch. 14. Microorganisms as Commensals and Parasites. Ch. 15. Epidemiology --
Pt. V. Bacteria That Cause Infectious Disease. Ch. 16. Clinical Microbiology. Ch. 17. The Gram-Positive Cocci. Ch. 18. Gram-Negative Diplococci: The Neisseria and Related Genera. Ch. 19. The Gram-Positive Sporeformers: The Bacilli and Clostridia. Ch. 20. Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Related Bacteria. Ch. 21. Gram-Negative Enteric Bacteria. Ch. 22. Pseudomonas and Related Organisms. Ch. 23. Vibrionaceae. Ch. 24. Gram-Negative Coccobacillary Aerobic Bacteria. Ch. 25. Mycobacteria. Ch. 26. Spirochetes and Spiral and Curved Rods. Ch. 27. Mycoplasmas and L-forms. Ch. 28. Rickettsiae and Chlamydiae. Ch. 29. Actinomycetes. Ch. 30. Miscellaneous Pathogens --
Pt. VI. Virology. Ch. 31. Viruses. Ch. 32. Viral Diseases --
Pt. VII. Medical Mycology. Ch. 33. The Pathogenic Fungi --
Pt. VIII. Medical Parasitology. Ch. 34. Protozoa, Helminths, and Arthropods --
Pt. IX. Hospital Infections. Ch. 35. Hospital-Acquired Diseases --
Appendix A Observation of Microorganisms: Microscopy and Staining --
Appendix B Immunological Tests --
Appendix C Tables of Infectious Disease Based on Body Site --
Appendix D Tables of Human Microflora --
Appendix E Vaccines, Toxoids, and Immune Globulins --
Appendix F Table of Infectious Diseases Reportable to the Centers for Disease Control.

This edition includes an updated and reorganized immunology section; new chapters on biotechnology and medicine and clinical microbiology; and new discussions on paediatric AIDS, catheters, computers in the laboratory, rechalimaea infections and E text for antimicrobial susceptibility.

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Medical microbiology.
Microbiology.

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