Research Catalog

Title

Medical microbiology / Patrick R. Murray [and others].

Publication

St. Louis : Mosby, [2002], ©2002.

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Additional Authors

Murray, Patrick R.

Description

x, 826 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Subjects

• Parasitology
• Medical microbiology
• Microbiological Techniques
• Microbiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction to Medical Microbiology -- Sect. I. Basic Principles of Medical Microbiology. 2. Bacterial Classification. 3. Bacterial Morphology and Cell Wall Structure and Synthesis. 4. Bacterial Metabolism and Growth. 5. Bacterial Genetics. 6. Viral Classification, Structure, and Replication. 7. Fungal Classification, Structure, and Replication. 8. Parasitic Classification, Structure, and Replication. 9. Commensal and Pathogenic Microbial Flora in Humans. 10. Sterilization, Disinfection, and Antisepsis -- Sect. II. Basic Concepts in the Immune Response. 11. Elements of Host Protective Responses. 12. The Humoral Immune Response. 13. Cellular Immune Responses. 14. Immune Responses to Infectious Agents. 15. Antimicrobial Vaccines -- Sect. III. General Principles of Laboratory Diagnosis. 16. Microscopic Principles and Applications. 17. Molecular Diagnosis. 18. Serologic Diagnosis -- Sect. IV. Bacteriology. 19. Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis.
• 20. Antibacterial Agents. 21. Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases. 22. Staphylococcus and Related Organisms. 23. Streptococcus. 24. Enterococcus and Other Gram-Positive Cocci. 25. Bacillus. 26. Listeria and Erysipelothrix. 27. Corynebacterium and Other Gram-Positive Bacilli. 28. Neisseria. 29. Enterobacteriaceae. 30. Vibrio, Aeromonas, and Plesiomonas. 31. Campylobacter and Helicobacter. 32. Pseudomonas and Related Organisms. 33. Bordetella, Francisella, and Brucella. 34. Pasteurellaceae. 35. Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacilli. 36. Anaerobic Gram-Positive Cocci and Non-Spore-Forming Bacilli. 37. Clostridium. 38. Anaerobic Gram-Negative Bacilli. 39. Nocardia, Rhodococcus, and Related Actinomycetes. 40. Mycobacterium. 41. Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira. 42. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma. 43. Rickettsia, Orientia, Ehrlichia, and Coxiella. 44. Chlamydiaceae. 45. Role of Bacteria in Disease -- Sect. V. Virology.
• 46. Mechanisms of Viral Pathogenesis. 47. Antiviral Agents. 48. Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Diseases. 49. Papovaviruses. 50. Adenoviruses. 51. Human Herpesviruses. 52. Poxviruses. 53. Parvoviruses. 54. Picornaviruses. 55. Paramyxoviruses. 56. Orthomyxoviruses. 57. Reoviruses. 58. Rhabdoviruses. 59. Togaviruses and Flaviviruses. 60. Bunyaviridae. 61. Retroviruses. 62. Hepatitis Viruses. 63. Unconventional Slow Viruses: Prions. 64. Miscellaneous Viruses. 65. Role of Viruses in Disease -- Sect. VI. Mycology. 66. Mechanisms of Fungal Pathogenesis. 67. Antifungal Agents. 68. Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Diseases. 69. Superficial, Cutaneous, and Subcutaneous Mycoses. 70. Systemic Mycoses. 71. Opportunistic Mycoses -- Sect. VII. Parasitology. 72. Pathogenesis of Parasitic Disease. 73. Antiparasitic Agents. 74. Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases. 75. Intestinal and Urogenital Protozoa. 76. Blood and Tissue Protozoa. 77. Nematodes.
• 78. Trematodes. 79. Cestodes. 80. Arthropods.

ISBN

0323012132

LCCN

2001042766

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries