Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Includes Index

Basic bacteriology (Bacteria compared with other microorganisms
Structure of bacterial cells
Growth
Genetics
Classification of medically important bacteria
Normal flora
Pathogenesis
Host defenses
Laboratory diagnosis
Antimicrobial drugs: mechanism of action
Antimicrobial drugs: resistance
Bacterial vaccines
Sterilization & disinfection)
Clinical bacteriology (Overview of the major pathogens & introduction to anaerobic bacteria
Gram-postive cocci
Gram-negative cocci
Gram-positive rods
Gram-negative rods related to the enteric tract
Gram-negative rods related to the respiratory tract
Gram-negative rods related to animal sources (zoonotic organisms)
Mycobacteria
Actinomycetes
Mycoplasmas
Spirochetes
Chlamydiae
Rickettsiae
Minor bacterial pathogens)
Basic virology (Structure
Replication
Genetics & Gene therapy
Classification for medically important viruses
Pathogenesis
Host defenses
Laboratory diagnosis
Antiviral drugs
Viral vaccines)
Clinical virology (DNA enveloped viruses
DNA nonenveloped viruses
RNA enveloped viruses
- RNA nonenveloped viruses
Hepatitis viruses
Arboviruses
Tumor viruses
Slow viruses & prions
Human immunodeficienty virus
Minor viral pathogens)
Mycology (Basic mycology
Cutaneous & subcutaneous mycoses
Systemic mycoses
Opportunistic mycoses)
Parasitology (Intestinal & urogenital protozoa
Blood & tissue protozoa
Minor protozoan pathogens
Cestodes
Trematodes
Nematodes)
Immunology (Immunity
Cellular basis of the immune response
Antibodies
Humoral immunity
Cell-mediated immunity
Major histocompatibility complex & transplantation
Complement
Antigen-antibody reactions in the laboratory
Hypersensitivity (allergy)
Tolerance & autoimmune disease
Tumor immunity
Immunodeficiency)
Ectoparasites (Ectoparasites that cause human disease)
Brief summaries of medically important organisms
Clinical cases
Pearls for the USMLE
USMLE (National Board practice questions

Completely updated throughout, this 10th edition offers a concise, high-yield review of the basic and clinical aspects of bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology and immunology, with an emphasis on the clinical application of microbiology and immunology to infectious diseases