Medical Microbiology / Patrick R. Murray, Ken S. Rosenthal, Michael A. Pfaller

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CONTENT
SECTION 1: Introduction
1. Introduction to medical microbiology --
2. Commensal and pathogenic microbial flora in humans --
3. Sterilization, disinfection, and antisepsis --
SECTION 2: General principles of laboratory diagnosis
4. Microscopy and in vitro culture --
5. Molecular diagnosis --
6. Serologic diagnosis --
SECTION 3: Basic concepts in the immune response
7. Elements of host protective responses --
8. Innate host responses --
9. Antigen-specific immune responses --
10. Immune responses to infectious agents --
11. Antimicrobial vaccines --
SECTION 4: Bacteriology
12. Bacterial classification, structure, and replication --
13. Bacterial metabolism and genetics --
14. Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis --
15. Role of bacteria in disease --
16. Laboratory diagnosis of bacterial diseases --
17. Antibacterial agents --
18. Staphylococcus and related gram-positive cocci --
19. Streptococcus --
20. Enterococcus and other gram-positive cocci --
21. Bacillus --
22. Listeria and erysipelothrix --
23. Corynebacterium and other gram-positive rods --
24. Nocardia and related bacteria --
25. Mycobacterium --
26. Neisseria and related genera --
27. Enterobacteriaceae --
28. Vibrio and aeromonas --
29. Campylobacter and helicobacter --
30. Pseudomonas and related bacteria --
31. Haemophilus and related bacteria --
32. Bordetella --
33. Francisella and brucella --
34. Legionella --
35. Miscellaneous gram-negative rods --
36. Clostridium --
37. Anaerobic, non-spore-forming, gram-positive bacteria --
38. Anaerobic gram-negative bacteria --
39. Treponema, borrelia, and leptospira --
40. Mycoplasma and ureaplasma --
41. Rickettsia and orientia --
42. Ehrlichia, anaplasma, and coxiella --
43. Chlamydia and chlamydophila --
SECTION 5: Virology
44. Viral classification, structure, and replication --
45. Mechanisms of viral pathogenesis --
46. Role of viruses in disease --
47. Laboratory diagnosis of viral diseases --
48. Antiviral agents and infection control --
49. Papillomaviruses and polyomaviruses --
50. Adenoviruses --
51. Human herpesviruses --
52. Poxviruses --
53. Parvoviruses --
54. Picornaviruses --
55. Coronaviruses and noroviruses --
56. Paramyxoviruses --
57. Orthomyxoviruses --
58. Rhabdoviruses, filoviruses, and bornaviruses --
59. Reoviruses --
60. Togaviruses and flaviviruses --
61. Bunyaviridae and arenaviridae --
62. Retroviruses --
63. Hepatitis viruses --
64. Unconventional slow viruses: prions --
SECTION 6: Mycology
65. Fungal classification, structure, and replication --
66. Pathogenesis of fungal disease --
67. Role of fungi in disease --
68. Laboratory diagnosis of fungal diseases --
69. Antifungal agents --
70. Superficial and cutaneous mycoses --
71. Subcutaneous mycoses --
72. Systemic mycoses caused by dimorphic fungi --
73. Opportunistic mycoses --
74. Fungal and fungal-like infections of unusual or uncertain etiology --
75. Mycotoxins and mycotoxicoses --
SECTION 7: Parasitology
76. Parasitic classification, structure, and replication --
77. Pathogenesis of parasitic diseases --
78. Role of parasites in disease --
79. Laboratory diagnosis of parasitic disease --
80. Antiparasitic agents --
81. Intestinal and urogenital protozoa --
82. Blood and tissue protozoa --
83. Nematodes --
84. Trematodes --
85. Cestodes --
86. Arthropods.

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