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Turn to Medical Microbiology, 8th Edition for a thorough, clinically relevant understanding of microbes and their diseases. This succinct, easy-to-use text presents the fundamentals of microbiology and immunology in a clearly written, engaging manner-effectively preparing you for your courses, exams, and beyond.

Medical Microbiology

SECTION 1

Introduction

1 Introduction to Medical Microbiology

2 Human Microbiome in Health and

Disease

3 Sterilization, Disinfection, and

Antisepsis

SECTION 2

General Principles of Laboratory

Diagnosis

4 Microscopy and In Vitro Culture

5 Molecular Diagnosis

6 Serologic Diagnosis

SECTION 3

Basic Concepts in the Immune

Response

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

13 Bacterial Metabolism and Genetics

14 Mechanisms of Bacterial

Pathogenesis

15 Role of Bacteria in Disease

16 Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial

Diseases

17 Antibacterial Agents

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

SECTION 1

Introduction

1 Introduction to Medical Microbiology

2 Human Microbiome in Health and

Disease

3 Sterilization, Disinfection, and

Antisepsis

SECTION 2

General Principles of Laboratory

Diagnosis

4 Microscopy and In Vitro Culture

5 Molecular Diagnosis

6 Serologic Diagnosis

SECTION 3

Basic Concepts in the Immune

Response

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

13 Bacterial Metabolism and Genetics

14 Mechanisms of Bacterial

Pathogenesis

15 Role of Bacteria in Disease

16 Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial

Diseases

17 Antibacterial Agents

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

36 Viral Classification, Structure, and

Replication

37 Mechanisms of Viral Pathogenesis

38 Role of Viruses in Disease

oplasma and Ureaplasma

34 Rickettsia, Ehrlichia , and Related

Bacteria

35 Chlamydia and Chlamydophila

SECTION 5

Virology

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

Mycology

57 Fungal Classificatio