TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levinson,Warren
TI  - Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
SN  - 9780071281775
AV  - QR46 .L48 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Boston
PB  - McGraw Hill 
KW  - Microbiology
KW  - Immunologic Techniques
N1  - Includes Index; 
Basic bacteriology (Bacteria compared with other microorganisms
Structure of bacterial cells
Growth
Genetics
Classification of medically important bacteria
Normal flora
Pathogenesis
Host defenses
Laboratory diagnosis
Antimicrobial drugs: mechanism of action
Antimicrobial drugs: resistance
Bacterial vaccines
Sterilization & disinfection)
Clinical bacteriology (Overview of the major pathogens & introduction to anaerobic bacteria
Gram-postive cocci
Gram-negative cocci
Gram-positive rods
Gram-negative rods related to the enteric tract
Gram-negative rods related to the respiratory tract
Gram-negative rods related to animal sources (zoonotic organisms)
Mycobacteria
Actinomycetes
Mycoplasmas
Spirochetes
Chlamydiae
Rickettsiae
Minor bacterial pathogens)
Basic virology (Structure
Replication
Genetics & Gene therapy
Classification for medically important viruses
Pathogenesis
Host defenses
Laboratory diagnosis
Antiviral drugs
Viral vaccines)
Clinical virology (DNA enveloped viruses
DNA nonenveloped viruses
RNA enveloped viruses
- RNA nonenveloped viruses
Hepatitis viruses
Arboviruses
Tumor viruses
Slow viruses & prions
Human immunodeficienty virus
Minor viral pathogens)
Mycology (Basic mycology
Cutaneous & subcutaneous mycoses
Systemic mycoses
Opportunistic mycoses)
Parasitology (Intestinal & urogenital protozoa
Blood & tissue protozoa
Minor protozoan pathogens
Cestodes
Trematodes
Nematodes)
Immunology (Immunity
Cellular basis of the immune response
Antibodies
Humoral immunity
Cell-mediated immunity
Major histocompatibility complex & transplantation
Complement
Antigen-antibody reactions in the laboratory
Hypersensitivity (allergy)
Tolerance & autoimmune disease
Tumor immunity
Immunodeficiency)
Ectoparasites (Ectoparasites that cause human disease)
Brief summaries of medically important organisms
Clinical cases
Pearls for the USMLE
USMLE (National Board practice questions
N2  - Completely updated throughout, this 10th edition offers a concise, high-yield review of the basic and clinical aspects of bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology and immunology, with an emphasis on the clinical application of microbiology and immunology to infectious diseases
ER  -