Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Preface
Acknowledgements
How to Use This Book
I: Basic Bacteriology
1. Bacteria Compared With Other Organisms
2. Structure of Bacteria Cells
3. Growth
4. Genetics
5. Classification of Medically Important Bacteria
6. Normal Flora
7. Pathogenesis
8. Host Defenses
9. Laboratory Diagnosis
10. Antimicrobial Drugs: Mechanism of Action
11. Antimicrobial Drugs: Resistance
12. Bacterial Vaccines
13. Sterilization & Disinfection
II: Clinical Bacteriology
14. Overview of the Major Pathogens & Introduction to Anaerobic Bacteria
15. Gram-Positive Cocci
16. Gram-Negative Cocci
17. Gram-Positive Rods
18. Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Enteric Tract
19. Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Respiratory Tract
20. Gram-Negative Rods Related to Animal Sources (Zoonotic Organisms)
21. Mycobacteria
22. Actinomycetes
23. Mycoplasmas
24. Spirochetes
25. Chlamydiae
26. Rickettsiae
27. Minor Bacterial Pathogens
III: Basic Virology
28. Structure
29. Replication
30. Genetics & Gene Therapy
31. Classification of Medically Important Viruses
32. Pathogenesis
33. Host Defenses
34. Laboratory Diagnosis
35. Antiviral Drugs
36. Viral Vaccines
PART IV: Clinical Virology
37. DNA Enveloped Viruses
38. DNA Nonenveloped Viruses
39. RNA Enveloped Viruses
40. RNA Nonenveloped Viruses
41. Hepatitis Viruses
42. Arboviruses
43. Tumor Viruses
44. Slow Virus & Prions
45. Human Immunodeficiency Virus
46. Minor Viral Pathogens
V: Mycology
47. Basic Mycology
48. Cutaneous & Subcutaneous Mycoses
49. Systemic Mycoses
50. Opportunistic Mycoses
VI: Parasitology
51. Intestinal & Urogenital Protozoa
52. Blood & Tissue Protozoa
53. Minor Protozoan Pathogens
54. Cestodes
55. Trematodes
56. Nematodes
VII: Immunology
57. Immunity
58. Cellular Basis of the Immune Response
59. Antibodies
60. Humoral Immunity
61. Cell-Mediated Immunity
62. Major Histocompatibility Complex & Transportation
63.