Mechanisms of microbial disease /
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Imprint: | Baltimore : William & Wilkins, c1993. |
| Description: | xxii, 973 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1399054 |
Table of Contents:
- Section I. Principles
- 1. Establishment of Infectious Diseases
- 2. Normal Microbial Flora
- 3. Biology of Infectious Agents
- 4. Genetics of Bacterial Pathogenesis
- 5. Biological Basis for Antibacterial Action
- 6. Constitutive Defenses of the Body
- 7. Induced Defenses of the Body
- 8. The Parasite's Way of Life
- 9. Damage by Microbial Agents
- Section II. Infectious Agents
- Bacteria
- 10. Introduction to the Pathogenic Bacteria
- 11. Staphylococci: Abscesses and Other Diseases
- 12. Streptococci
- 13. Pneumococcus and Bacterial Pneumonia
- 14. Neisseriae: Gonococcus and Meningococcus
- 15. Bacteroides and Abscesses
- 16. Enteric Bacteria: "Secretory" (Watery) Diarrhea
- 17. Invasive and Tissue-damaging Enteric Bacterial Pathogens: Bloody Diarrhea and Dysentery
- 18. Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Ubiquitous Pathogen
- 19. Bordetella pertussis and Whooping Cough
- 20. Clostridia
- 21. Legionella: Parasite of Cells
- 22. Helicobacter pylori: Pathogenesis of a "Slow" Bacterial Infection
- 23. Mycobacteria: Tuberculosis and Leprosy
- 24. Syphilis: A Disease with a History
- 25. Lyme Disease
- 26. Cat Scratch Disease, Bacillary Angiomatosis, and Other Bartonelloses
- 27. Chlamydiae: Genital, Ocular, and Respiratory Pathogens
- 28. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Other Rickettsioses
- 29. Mycoplasma: Curiosity and Pathogen
- 30. Strategies to Combat Bacterial Infections
- Review of the Main Pathogenic Bacteria
- Viruses
- 31. Biology of Viruses
- 32. Picornaviruses: Polio Virus, Other Enteroviruses, and the Rhinoviruses
- 33. Arthropod-borne Viruses
- 34. Paramyxoviruses: Measles, Mumps, Slow Viruses, and the Respiratory Syncytial Virus
- 35. Rabies
- 36. Influenza and Its Virus
- 37. Rotaviruses and Other Viral Agents of Gastroenteritis
- 38. The Human Retroviruses: AIDS and Other Diseases
- 39. Adenoviruses
- 40. Warts
- 41. Herpes Simplex Virus and Its Relatives
- 42. Viral Hepatitis
- 43. Strategies to Combat Viral Infections
- 44. Vaccines and Antisera in the Prevention and Treatment of Infection
- Review of the Main Pathogenic Viruses
- Fungi
- 45. Introduction to the Fungi and the Mycoses
- 46. Systemic Mycoses Caused by Primary Pathogens
- 47. Systemic Mycoses Caused by Opportunistic Fungi
- 48. Subcutaneous, Cutaneous, and Superficial Mycoses
- Review of the Medically Important Fungi
- Animal Parasites
- 49. Introduction to Parasitology
- 50. Blood and Tissue Protozoa
- 51. Intestinal and Vaginal Protozoa
- 52. Intestinal Helminths
- 53. Tissue and Blood Helminths
- 54. Addressing Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Section III. Pathophysiology of Infectious Diseases
- 55. Diagnostic Principles
- 56. Principles of Epidemiology
- 57. Digestive System
- 58. Central Nervous System
- 59. Respiratory System
- 60. Urinary Tract
- 61. Skin and Soft Tissue
- 62. Bone, Joints, and Infections of Muscles
- 63. Sepsis
- 64. Intravascular Infection
- 65. Head and Neck Infections
- 66. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- 67. Infections of the Compromised Patient
- 68. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- 69. Congenital and Neonatal Infections
- 70. Zoonoses
- 71. Fever: A Clinical Sign of Infection
- 72. Nosocomial and Latrogenic Infections
- 73. Food-borne Diseases
- Index
