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Review of medical microbiology & immunology : a guide to clinical infectious diseases / Warren Levinson, Peter Chin-Hong, Elizabeth A. Joyce, Jesse Nussbaum, Brian Schwartz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levinson, Warren, author.
- Chin-Hong, Peter, author.
- Joyce, Elizabeth A., author.
- Nussbaum, Jesse, author.
- Schwartz, Brian S., author.
- Series:
- McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical microbiology--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
- Medical microbiology.
- Clinical immunology--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
- Clinical immunology.
- Microbiology.
- Allergy and Immunology.
- Immunologic Techniques.
- Medical Subjects:
- Microbiology.
- Allergy and Immunology.
- Immunologic Techniques.
- Genre:
- Examinations.
- Outlines and syllabi.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Edition:
- Seventeenth edition.
- Other Title:
- Medical microbiology and immunology
- Guide to clinical infectious diseases
- Review of medical microbiology and immunology
- Place of Publication:
- McGraw Hill Medical
- New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2022]
- Summary:
- This book is a concise review of the medically important aspects of microbiology and immunology. It covers both the basic and clinical aspects of bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, and immunology. It also discusses important infectious diseases, using an organ system approach.
- Contents:
- Part I: Basic bacteriology. Bacteria compared with other microorganisms
- Structure of bacterial cells
- Growth
- Genetics
- Classification of medically important bacteria
- The human microbiome
- Pathogenesis
- Host defenses
- Laboratory diagnosis
- Antibacterial drugs: mechanism of action
- Antibacterial drugs: resistance
- Bacterial vaccines
- Sterilization & disinfection
- Part II: Clinical bacteriology. Overview of the major pathogens & introduction to anaerobic bacteria
- Gram-positive 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
- Part III: Basic virology. Introduction
- Structure
- Replication
- Genetics & gene therapy
- Classification of medically important viruses
- Antiviral drugs
- Viral vaccines
- Part IV: Clinical virology. Introduction
- Herpesviruses, poxviruses, & human papilloma virus
- Respiratory viruses
- Important childhood viruses
- Viruses that infect the enteric tract
- Hepatitis viruses
- Arboviruses, rabies virus, & Ebola virus
- Tumor viruses
- Slow viruses & prions
- Human immunodeficiency virus
- Minor viral pathogens
- Part V: Mycology. Basic mycology
- Cutaneous & subcutaneous mycoses
- Systemic mycoses
- Opportunistic mycoses
- Part VI: Parasitology. Introduction
- Intestinal & urogenital: protozoa
- Blood & tissue protozoa
- Minor protozoan pathogens
- Cestodes
- Trematodes
- Nematodes
- Part VII: Immunology. Overview of immunity
- Innate immunity
- Adaptive immunity: lymphocyte antigen receptors
- Adaptive immunity: T-cell-mediated immunity
- Adaptive immunity: B cells & antibodies
- Major histocompatibility complex & transplantation
- Complement
- Antigen-antibody reactions in the laboratory
- Hypersensitivity (allergy)
- Tolerance & autoimmune disease
- Tumor immunity
- Immunodeficiency
- Part VIII: Ectoparasites. Ectoparasites that cause human disease
- Part IX: Infectious diseases. Bone & joint infections
- Cardiac infections
- Central nervous system infections
- Gastrointestinal tract infections
- Pelvic infections
- Upper respiratory tract infections
- Lower respiratory tract infections
- Infections of the skin & skin structures
- Urinary tract infections
- Sepsis & septic shock
- Eye infections
- Part X: Brief summaries of medically important organisms
- Part XI: Clinical cases
- Part XII: Pearls for the USMLE.
- Notes:
- "Lange medical book."
- "ISSN 1042-8070."
- Revised edition of: Review of medical microbiology and immunology / Warren Levinson. Sixteenth edition. [2020]
- Online resource; title from elecronic title page (AccessMedicine, viewed November 24, 2021).
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