TY - BOOK AU - Murray Patrick R. AU - Rosenthal Ken S. AU - Pfaller Michael A. TI - Medical Microbiology SN - 9780323033039 AV - QR46.M87 2005 PY - 2005///,2002,1998,1994,1990, CY - Philadelphia. PB - Elsevier KW - Medical microbiology KW - Microbiological Techniques KW - Parasitologie N1 - Include index; index; CONTENTS Introduction to medical microbiology Basic principles of medical microbiology Bacterial classification Bacterial morphology and cell wall structure and synthesis Bacterial metabolism and growth Bacterial genetics Viral classification, structure, and replication Fungal classification, structure, and replication Parasitic classification, structure, and replication Commensal and pathogenic microbial flora in humans Sterilization, disinfection, and antisepsis Basic concepts in the immune response Elements of host protective responses The humoral immune response Cellular immune responses Immune responses to infectious agents Antimicrobial vaccines General principles of laboratory diagnosis Microscopic principles and applications Molecular diagnosis Serologic diagnosis Bacteriology Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis Antibacterial agents Laboratory diagnosis of bacterial diseases Staphylococcus and related organisms Streptococcus Enterococcus and other gram-positive cocci Bacillus Listeria and Erysipelothrix Corynebacterium and other gram-positive rods Nocardia and related bacteria Mycobacterium Neisseria and related genera Enterobacteriaceae Vibrio and Aeromonas Campylobacter and Heliobacter Pseudomonas and related organisms Haemophilus and related bacteria Bordetella Brucella and Francisella Legionella Miscellaneous gram-negative rods Anaerobic, spore-forming, gram-positive rods Anaerobic, non-spore-forming, gram-positive rods Anaerobic gram-negative bacteria Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma Rickettsia and Orientia Ehrlichia anaplasma, and Coxiella Chlamydiaceae Role of bacteria in disease Virology Mechanisms of viral pathogenesis Antiviral agents Laboratory diagnosis of viral diseases Papillomaviruses and Polyomaviruses Adenoviruses Human herpesviruses Poxviruses Parvoviruses Picornaviruses Coronaviruses and Noraviruses Paramyxoviruses Orthomyxoviruses Rhabdoviruses, Filoviruses, and Bornavirues Reoviruses Togaviruses and flaviviruses Bunyaviridae and arenaviridae Retroviruses Hepatitis viruses Unconventional slow viruses: prions Role of viruses in disease Mycology Pathogenesis of a fungal disease Antifungal agents Laboratory diagnosis of fungal diseases Superficial and cutaneous mycoses Subcutaneous mycoses Systemic mycoses caused by endemic dimorphic fungal pathogens Opportunistic mycoses Fungal and fungal-like infections of unusual or uncertain etiology Mycotoxins and Mycotoxicoses Role of fungi in disease Parasitology Pathogenesis of parasitic disease Antiparasitic agents Laboratory diagnosis of parasitic disease Intestinal and urogenital protozoa Blood and tissue protozoa Nematodes Trematodes Cestodes Arthropods Role of parasites in disease N2 - :A comprehensive textbook providing the medically important information that students need to know--in a format of concise presentations supplemented with numerous tables, color illustrations, and summary boxes. This revised edition (1st ed., 1990) greatly expands the topics, with the addition of three new sections and 13 additional chapters ER -