Medical Microbiology

Section 2:: Basic Concepts in the Immune Response 9. Elements of Host Protective Responses 10. Humoral Immune Response 11. Cellular Immune Responses 12. Immune Responses to Infectious Agents 13. Antimicrobial Vaccines

Section 3:: General Principles of Laboratory Diagnosis 14. Microscopic Principles and Applications 15. In Vitro Culture:: Principles and Applications 16. Molecular Diagnosis 17. Serologic Diagnosis

Section 4:: Bacteriology 18. Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis 19. Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases 20. Antibacterial Agents 21. Staphylococcus and Related Gram-Positive Cocci 22. Streptococcus 23. Enterococcus and Other Gram-Positive Cocci 24. Bacillus 25. Listeria and Erysipelothrix 26. Corynebacterium and Other Gram-Positive Rods 27. Nocardia and Related Bacteria 28. Mycobacterium 29. Neisseria and Related Genera 30. Enterobacteriaceae 31. Vibrio and Aeromonas 32. Campylobacter and Helicobacter 33. Pseudomonas and Related Bacteria 34. Haemophilus and Related Bacteria 35. Bordetella 36. Francisella and Brucella 37. Legionella 38. Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Rods 39. Clostridium 40. Anaerobic, Non-Spore-Forming, Gram-Positive Bacteria 41. Anaerobic Gram-Negative Bacteria 42. Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira 43. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma 44. Rickettsia and Orientia 45. Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Coxiella 46. Chlamydia and Chlamydophila 47. Role of Bacteria in Disease

Section 5:: Virology 48. Mechanisms of Viral Pathogenesis 49. Antiviral Agents 50. Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Diseases 51. Papillomaviruses and Polyomaviruses 52. Adenoviruses 53. Human Herpesviruses 54. Poxviruses 55. Parvoviruses 56. Picornaviruses 57. Coronaviruses and Noraviruses 58. Paramyxoviruses 59. Orthomyxoviruses 60. Rhabdoviruses, Filoviruses, and Bornaviruses 61. Reoviruses 62. Togaviruses and Flaviviruses 63. Bunyaviridae and Arenaviridae 64. Retroviruses 65. Hepatitis Viruses 66. Unconventional Slow Viruses:: Prions 67. Role of Viruses in Disease

Section 6:: Mycology 68. Pathogenesis of Fungal Disease 69. Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Diseases 70. Antifungal Agents 71. Superficial and Cutaneous Mycoses 72. Subcutaneous Mycoses 73. Systemic Mycoses Due to Endemic Dimorphic Fungal Pathogens 74. Opportunistic Mycoses 75. Fungal and Fungal-Like Infections of Unusual or Uncertain Etiology 76. Mycotoxins and Mycotoxicoses 77. Role of Fungi in Disease

Section 7:: Parasitology 78. Pathogenesis of Parasitic Diseases 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 87. Role of Parasites in Disease

Index