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Comprehensive, clinically oriented, and practical, Medical Microbiology, Tenth Edition, remains the go-to text for foundational coverage of key interrelated concepts in medical microbiology, immunology, and infectious diseases. Clear and engaging coverage of the microbial world and its interface with our bodies and the environment provides the foundation to understand these roles in individual and public health and disease-helping you master the essentials of microbiology to effectively prepare you for coursework, exams, and your future career.
Section 1. Introduction 1. Introduction to Medical Microbiology 2. Human Microbiome in Health and Disease 3. Infection Control and Preventio
Section 2. General Principles of Laboratory Diagnosis 4. Traditional Diagnostic Methods 5. Molecular and Proteomic Method
Section 3. Basic Concepts in the Immune Response 6. Elements of Host Protective Responses 8. Innate Host Responses 9. Antigen-Specific Immune Responses 10. Immune Responses to Infectious Agents
Section 4. Bacteriology 12. Bacterial Classification, Structure, and Replication 13. Bacterial Metabolism and Genetics 14. Pathogenesis of Bacterial Diseases 15. Role of Bacteria in Disease 16. Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases 17. Antibacterial Agents 18. Staphylococcus and Related Gram-Positive Cocci 19. Streptococcus and Enterococcus 20. Bacillus 21. Listeria and Related Gram-Positive Bacteria 22. Mycobacterium and Related Acid-Fast Bacteria 23. Neisseria and Related Genera 24. Haemophilus and Related Bacteria 25. Enterobacteriales 26. Vibrio and Related Bacteria 27. Pseudomonas and Related Bacteria 28. Campylobacter and Helicobacter 29. Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Rods 30. Clostridium 31. Non-Spore-Forming Anaerobic Bacteria 32. Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira 33. Mycoplasma 34. Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and Related Bacteria 35. Chlamydia
Section 5. Virology 36. Viral Classification, Structure, and Replication 37. Pathogenesis of Viral Diseases 39. Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Diseases 40. Antiviral Agents and Infection Control 41. Papillomaviruses and Polyomaviruses 42. Adenoviruses 43. Human Herpesviruses 44. Poxviruses 45. Parvoviruses 46. Picornaviruses 47. Coronaviruses and Noroviruses 48. Paramyxoviruses 49. Orthomyxoviruses 50. Rhabdoviruses, Filoviruses, and Bornaviruses 51. Reoviruses 52. Togaviruses and Flaviviruses 53. Bunyaviridae and Arenaviridae 54. Retroviruses 55. Hepatitis Viruses 56. Prion Diseases
Section 6. Mycology 57. Fungal Classification, Structure, and Replication 58. Pathogenesis of Fungal Disease 59. Role of Fungi in Disease 60. Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Disease 61. Antifungal Agents 62. Superficial and Cutaneous Mycoses 63. Subcutaneous Mycoses 64. Systemic Mycoses Caused by Dimorphic Fungi 65. Opportunistic Mycoses 66. Fungal and Fungal-Like Infections of Unusual or Uncertain Etiology
Section 7. Parasitology 67. Parasitic Classification, Structure, and Replication 68. Pathogenesis of Parasitic Diseases 69. Role of Parasites in Disease 70. Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Disease 71. Antiparasitic Agents 72. Intestinal and Urogenital Protozoa 73. Blood and Tissue Protozoa 74. Nematodes 75. Trematodes 76. Cestodes 77. Arthropods
Section 8. Infectious Diseases by Organ System 78. Sepsis and Cardiovascular Infections 79. Ear, Nose, and Throat Infections 80. Lower Respiratory Tract Infections 81. Ocular and Central Nervous System Infections 82. Genitourinary Tract Infections 83. Gastrointestinal Tract Infections 84. Intraabdominal Infections 85. Musculoskeletal, Skin, and Soft Tissue Infections
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