The foremost text in this complex and fast-changing field, Medical Microbiology, 9th Edition, provides concise, up-to-date, and understandable explanations of key concepts in medical microbiology, immunology, and the microbes that cause human disease. Clear, engaging coverage of basic principles, immunology, laboratory diagnosis, bacteriology, virology, mycology, and parasitology help you master the essentials of microbiology?effectively preparing you for your coursework, exams, and beyond. Features significant new information on the human microbiome and its influence on the immune and other body systems, and new developments in microbial diagnosis, treatment, diseases, and pathogens. Updates every chapter with state-of-the-art information and current literature citations. Summarizes detailed information in tabular format rather than in lengthy text. Provides review questions at the end of each chapter that correlate basic science with clinical practice. Features clinical cases that illustrate the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases. Introduces microbe chapters with summaries and trigger words for easy review. Highlights the text with clear, colorful figures, clinical photographs, and images that help you visualize the clinical presentation of infections. Offers additional study features online, including 200 self-assessment questions, microscopic images of the microbes, videos, and a new integrating chapter that provides hyperlinks between the microbes, the organ systems that they affect, and their diseases. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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Ken S. Rosenthal is Professor of Immunology at Augusta University, University of Georgia Medical Partnership, Athens, Georgia; Adjunct Professor Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine; Emeritus Professor Northeastern Ohio Medical University Rootstown, Ohio, USA.

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The foremost text in this complex and fast-changing field, Medical Microbiology, 9th Edition, provides concise, up-to-date, and understandable explanations of key concepts in medical microbiology, immunology, and the microbes that cause human disease. Clear, engaging coverage of basic principles, immunology, laboratory diagnosis, bacteriology, virology, mycology, and parasitology help you master the essentials of microbiology-effectively preparing you for your coursework, exams, and beyond.

• Features significant new information on the human microbiome and its influence on the immune and other body systems, and new developments in microbial diagnosis, treatment, diseases, and pathogens
• Updates every chapter with state-of-the-art information and current literature citations
• Summarizes detailed information in tabular format rather than in lengthy text
• Provides review questions at the end of each chapter that correlate basic science with clinical practice
• Features clinical cases that illustrate the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases
• Introduces microbe chapters with summaries and trigger words for easy review.
• Highlights the text with clear, colorful figures, clinical photographs, and images that help you visualize the clinical presentation of infections
• Offers additional study features online, including 200 self-assessment questions, microscopic images of the microbes, videos, and a new integrating chapter that provides hyperlinks between the microbes, the organ systems that they affect, and their diseases

• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

  Inhalt

  SECTION 1

  Introduction

  1 Introduction to Medical Microbiology KEN

  2 Human Microbiome in Health and Disease PAT

  3 Sterilization, Disinfection, and Antisepsis PAT

  SECTION 2

  General Principles of Laboratory Diagnosis

  4 Microscopy and In Vitro Culture PAT

  5 Molecular Diagnosis KEN

  6 Serologic Diagnosis KEN

  SECTION 3

  Basic Concepts in the Immune Response - ALL CHAPTERS KEN

  7 Elements of Host Protective Responses

  8 Innate Host Responses

  9 Antigen-Specific Immune Responses

  10 Immune Responses to Infectious Agents

  11 Antimicrobial Vaccines

  SECTION 4

  Bacteriology

  12 Bacterial Classification, Structure, and Replication KEN

  13 Bacterial Metabolism and Genetics KEN

  14 Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis KEN

  15 Role of Bacteria in Disease PAT

  16 Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases PAt

  17 Antibacterial Agents PAT - 35

  18 Staphylococcus and Related Gram-Positive Cocci

  19 Streptococcus and Enterococcus

  20 Bacillus

  21 Listeria and Related Gram-Positive Bacteria

  22 Mycobacterium and Related Acid-Fast Bacteria

  23 Neisseria and Related Genera

  24 Haemophilus and Related Bacteria

  25 Enterobacteriaceae

  26 Vibrio and Related Bacteria

  27 Pseudomonas and Related Bacteria

  28 Campylobacter and Helicobacter

  29 Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Rods

  30 Clostridium

  31 Non-Spore-Forming Anaerobic Bacteria

  32 Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira

  33 Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

  34 Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and Related Bacteria

  35 Chlamydia and Chlamydophila

  SECTION 5

  Virology - ALL KEN

  36 Viral Classification, Structure, and Replication

  37 Mechanisms of Viral Pathogenesis

  38 Role of Viruses in Disease

  39 Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Diseases

  40 Antiviral Agents and Infection Control

  41 Papillomaviruses and Polyomaviruses

  42 Adenoviruses

  43 Human Herpesviruses

  44 Poxviruses

  45 Parvoviruses

  46 Picornaviruses

  47 Coronaviruses and Noroviruses

  48 Paramyxoviruses

  49 Orthomyxoviruses

  50 Rhabdoviruses, Filoviruses, and Bornaviruses

  51 Reoviruses

  52 Togaviruses and Flaviviruses

  53 Bunyaviridae and Arenaviridae

  54 Retroviruses

  55 Hepatitis Viruses

  56 Prion Diseases

  SECTION 6 - ALL MIKE

  Mycology

  57 Fungal Classification, Structure, and Replication

  58 Pathogenesis of Fungal Disease - add section on mycotoxins and mycotoxicoses

  59 Role of Fungi in Disease

  60 Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Disease

  61 Antifungal Agents

  62 Superficial and Cutaneous Mycoses

  63 Subcutaneous Mycoses

  64 Systemic Mycoses Caused by Dimorphic Fungi

  65 Opportunistic Mycoses

  66 Fungal and Fungal-Like Infections of Unusual or Uncertain Etiology

  SECTION 7 - ALL MIKE

  Parasitology

  67 Parasitic Classification, Structure, and Replication

  68 Pathogenesis of Parasitic Diseases

  69 Role of Parasites in Disease

  70 Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Disease

  71 Antiparasitic Agents

  72 Intestinal and Urogenital Protozoa

  73 Blood and Tissue Protozoa

  74 Nematodes

  75 Trematodes

  76 Cestodes

  77 Arthropods

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