Medical microbiology : a guide to microbial infections : pathogensis, immunity, laboratory diagnosis and control /

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Edition:18th ed.
Imprint:Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2012.
Description:xvii, 778 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9143663
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Other authors / contributors:Greenwood, David, 1935-
ISBN:9780702040894 (pbk.)
0702040894 (pbk.)
9780702040900 (international ISBN)
0702040908 (international ISBN)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Microbial Biology
  • 1. Microbiology and medicine
  • 2. Morphology and nature of micro-organisms
  • 3. Classification, identification and typing of micro-organisms
  • 4. Bacterial growth, physiology and death
  • 5. Antimicrobial agents
  • 6. Bacterial genetics
  • 7. Virus-cell interactions
  • Part 2. Infection and Immunity
  • 8. Immunological principles: antigens and antigen recognition
  • 9. Innate and acquired immunity
  • 10. Immunity in viral infections
  • 11. Parasitic infections: pathogenesis and immunity
  • 12. Immunity in bacterial infections
  • 13. Bacterial pathogenicity
  • 14. The natural history of infection
  • Part 3. Bacterial Pathogens And Associated Diseases
  • 15. Staphylococcus
  • 16. Streptococcus and enterococcus
  • 17. Coryneform bacteria, listeria and erysipelothrix
  • 18. Mycobacterium
  • 19. Environmental mycobacteria
  • 20. Actinomyces, nocardia and tropheryma
  • 21. Bacillus
  • 22. Clostridium
  • 23. Neisseria and moraxella
  • 24. Salmonella
  • 25. Shigella Bacillary dysentery
  • 26. Escherichia
  • 27. Klebsiella, enterobacter, proteus and other enterobacteria
  • 28. Pseudomonads and non-fermenters
  • 29. Campylobacter and helicobacter
  • 30. Vibrio, mobiluncus, gardnerella and spirillum
  • 31. Haemophilus
  • 32. Bordetella
  • 33. Legionella Legionnaires' disease; Pontiac fever
  • 34. Brucella, bartonella and streptobacillus
  • 35. Yersinia, pasteurella and francisella
  • 36. Non-sporing anaerobes
  • 37. Treponema and borrelia
  • 38. LeptospiraLeptospirosis; Weil's disease
  • 39. Chlamydia Genital and ocular infections; infertility; atypical pneumonia
  • 40. Rickettsia, orientia, ehrlichia, anaplasma and coxiella
  • 41. Mycoplasmas Atypical pneumonia; genital tract infection
  • Part 4. Viral Pathogens and Associated Diseases
  • 42. Adenoviruses Respiratory disease; conjunctivitis; gut infections
  • 43. Herpesviruses
  • 44. Poxviruses
  • 45. Papillomaviruses and polyomaviruses
  • 46. Hepadnaviruses Hepatitis B infection; deltavirus infection
  • 47. Parvoviruses B19 infection; erythema infectiosum
  • 48. Picornaviruses
  • 49. Orthomyxoviruses Influenza
  • 50. Paramyxoviruses Respiratory infections; mumps; measles; Hendra/Nipah disease
  • 51. Arboviruses: alphaviruses, flaviviruses and bunyaviruses
  • 52. Togavirus and hepacivirus Rubella; hepatitis C and E viruses
  • 53. Arenaviruses and filoviruses
  • 54. Reoviruses Gastro-enteritis
  • 55. Retroviruses Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; lymphoma
  • 56. Caliciviruses and astroviruses Diarrhoeal disease
  • 57. Coronaviruses Upper respiratory tract disease
  • 58. Rhabdoviruses Rabies
  • 59. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (prion diseases)
  • Part 5. Fungal Pathogens, Parasitic Infections and Medical Entomology
  • 60. Fungi Superficial, subcutaneous and systemic mycoses
  • 61. Protozoa Malaria; toxoplasmosis; cryptosporidiosis; amoebiasis; trypanosomiasis; leishmaniasis; giardiasis; trichomoniasis
  • 62. Helminths Intestinal worm infections; filariasis; schistosomiasis; hydatid disease
  • 63. Arthropods Arthropod-borne diseases; ectoparasitic infections; allergy
  • Part 6. Diagnosis, Treatment and Control of Infection
  • 64. Infective syndromes
  • 65. Diagnostic procedures
  • 66. Strategy of antimicrobial chemotherapy
  • 67. Epidemiology and control of community infections
  • 68. Hospital infection
  • 69. Immunization
  • Index