Medical microbiology : a guide to microbial infections : pathogenesis, immunity, laboratory investigation and control / edited by Michael R. Barer, Will Irving, Andrew Swann, Nelun Perera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irving, William L., author.

Contributor:

Barer, Mike, editor.

Swann, Andrew (Microbiologist), editor.

Perera, Nelun, editor.

Standardized Title:

Medical microbiology (Cruickshank)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical microbiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 743 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Edition:

Nineteenth edition.

Place of Publication:

[Edinburgh] : Elsevier, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Medical microbiology concerns the nature, distribution and activities of microbes and their impact on health and wellbeing. In spite of the introduction of many antimicrobial agents and immunisations, we continue to face major challenges in combatting infection, not least the gathering crisis in antimicrobial resistance. Now in a fully revised and updated 19th edition, Medical Microbiology provides comprehensive coverage of infection from the microbial perspective, combining a clear introduction to key principles with a focus explicitly geared to modern clinical practice. It provides ideal coverage for medical and biomedical students - with 'Key Points' boxes throughout to highlight the essentials - and sufficient detail to also inform specialists in training"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Section 1: Microbial biology. Microbiology and medicine

Morphology and nature of micro-organisms

Bacterial identification and systematics (classification, identification and typing of micro-organisms)

Bacterial growth, physiology and death

Antimicrobial agents and antimicrobial susceptibility testing

Bacterial genetics

Virus-cell interactions

Section 2: Infection and immunity. Innate and adaptive immunity

Immunity in infection

Bacterial pathogenicity

The human microbiome and the natural history of infection

Section 3: Bacterial pathogens and associated diseases. Staphylococcus

Streptococcus and Enterococcus

Coryneform bacteria, Listeria and Erysipelothrix

Bacillus

Shigella and Escherichia

Salmonella

Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Proteus and other enterobacteria

Yersinia

Campylobacter and Helicobacter

Vibrio

Pseudomonads and non-fermenters

Haemophilus

Bordetella

Legionella

Neisseria and Moraxella

Mycobacterium

Other actinobacteria

Clostridium

Non-sporing anaerobes

Brucella, Bartonella and Streptobacillus

Treponema And Borrelia

Leptospira: Leptospirosis; Weil's Disease

Chlamydia

Mycoplasmas

Rickettsia, Orientia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma and Coxiella

Section 4: Viral pathogens and associated diseases. Adenoviruses

Herpesviruses

Poxviruses

Papillomaviruses

Polyomaviruses

Hepadnaviruses

Parvoviruses

Picornaviruses

Orthomyxoviruses

Paramyxoviruses

Arboviruses: alphaviruses, flaviviruses and bunyaviruses

Hepaciviruses

Hepeviruses

Arenaviruses and filoviruses

Reoviruses

Retroviruses

Caliciviruses and astroviruses

Coronaviruses

Rhabdoviruses

Togaviruses

Prion diseases

Section 5: Fungal pathogens, parasitic infections and medical entomology. Fungi

Protozoa

Helminths

Arthropods

Section 6: Diagnosis, treatment and control of infection. Infective syndromes

Diagnostic procedures

Molecular methods in diagnostic microbiology

Management of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Epidemiology and control of community infections

Hospital infection

Immunization.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from electronic title page (ClinicalKey, viewed September 10, 2018).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780702071980

0702071986

9780702071973

0702071978

OCLC:

1021129731

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.