Medical microbiology /

Main Author: Murray, Patrick R.
Other Authors: Rosenthal, Ken S., Pfaller, Michael A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier, c2016.
Edition:8th ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to medical microbiology
  • Human microbiome in health and disease
  • Sterilization, disinfection, and antisepsis
  • Microscopy and in vitro culture
  • Molecular diagnosis
  • Serologic diagnosis
  • Elements of host protective responses
  • Innate host responses
  • Antigen-specific immune responses
  • Immune responses to infectious agents
  • Antimicrobial vaccines
  • Bacterial classification, structure, and replication
  • Bacterial metabolism and genetics
  • Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis
  • Role of bacteria in disease
  • Laboratory diagnosis of bacterial diseases
  • Antibacterial agents
  • Staphylococcus and related gram-positive cocci
  • Streptococcus and Enterococcus
  • Bacillus
  • Listeria and related gram-positive bacteria
  • Mycobacterium and related acid-fast bacteria
  • Neisseria and related genera
  • Haemophilus and related bacteria
  • Enterobacteriaceae
  • Vibrio and related bacteria
  • Pseudomonas and related bacteria
  • Campylobacter and helicobacter
  • Miscellaneous gram-negative rods
  • Clostridium
  • Non-spore-forming anaerobic bacteria
  • Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira
  • Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma
  • Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and related bacteria
  • Chlamydia and Chlamydophila
  • Viral classification, structure, and replication
  • Mechanisms of viral pathogenesis
  • Role of viruses in disease
  • Laboratory diagnosis of viral diseases
  • Antiviral agents and infection control
  • Papillomaviruses and polyomaviruses
  • Adenoviruses
  • Human herpesviruses
  • Poxviruses
  • Parvoviruses
  • Picornaviruses
  • Coronaviruses and noroviruses
  • Paramyxoviruses
  • Orthomyxoviruses
  • Rhabdoviruses, Filoviruses, and Bornaviruses
  • Reoviruses
  • Togaviruses and flaviviruses
  • Bunyaviridae and Arenaviridae
  • Retroviruses
  • Hepatitis viruses
  • Prion diseases
  • Fungal classification, structure, and replication
  • Pathogenesis of fungal disease
  • Role of fungi in disease
  • Laboratory diagnosis of fungal disease
  • Antifungal agents
  • Superficial and cutaneous mycoses
  • Subcutaneous mycoses
  • Systemic mycoses caused by dimorphic fungi
  • Opportunistic mycoses
  • Fungal and fungal-like infections of unusual or uncertain etiology
  • Mycotoxins and mycotoxicoses
  • Parasitic classification, structure, and replication
  • Pathogenesis of parasitic diseases
  • Role of parasites in disease
  • Laboratory diagnosis of parasitic disease
  • Antiparasitic agents
  • Intestinal and urogenital protozoa
  • Blood and tissue protozoa
  • Nematodes
  • Trematodes
  • Cestodes
  • Arthropods.