McGraw-Hill Education (Asia)

Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Author: Levinson, Warren
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-170028-3
ISBN-10: 0071700285
©2010 | 11th Edition | 688 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: June 2010
Price: US$ 49.95
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Ace the USMLE Step 1 and course exams—with the most concise, easy-to-use, and frequently updated medical microbiology and immunology review

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Completely updated throughout, Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology presents a high-yield review of the basic and clinical aspects of bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, and immunology. Importantly, the book also emphasizes the real-world clinical application of microbiology and immunology to infectious diseases.

Features:

• Includes clinical cases, practice questions, and pearls for the USMLE
• Online learning center features 100 clinical images
• iStudy Microbiology allows you to download material to your iPod for study on the go
• Summaries of important microorganisms for efficient review
• Summary tables emphasize the need-to-know aspects of infectious diseases

About the Author
Warren Levinson, MD, PhD
Division of Microbiology
University of California, San Francisco

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
How to Use This Book

I: Basic Bacteriology
1. Bacteria Compared With Other Organisms
2. Structure of Bacteria Cells
3. Growth
4. Genetics
5. Classification of Medically Important Bacteria
6. Normal Flora
7. Pathogenesis
8. Host Defenses
9. Laboratory Diagnosis
10. Antimicrobial Drugs: Mechanism of Action
11. Antimicrobial Drugs: Resistance
12. Bacterial Vaccines
13. Sterilization & Disinfection

II: Clinical Bacteriology
14. Overview of the Major Pathogens & Introduction to Anaerobic Bacteria
15. Gram-Positive Cocci
16. Gram-Negative Cocci
17. Gram-Positive Rods
18. Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Enteric Tract
19. Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Respiratory Tract
20. Gram-Negative Rods Related to Animal Sources (Zoonotic Organisms)
21. Mycobacteria
22. Actinomycetes
23. Mycoplasmas
24. Spirochetes
25. Chlamydiae
26. Rickettsiae
27. Minor Bacterial Pathogens

III: Basic Virology
28. Structure
29. Replication
30. Genetics & Gene Therapy
31. Classification of Medically Important Viruses
32. Pathogenesis
33. Host Defenses
34. Laboratory Diagnosis
35. Antiviral Drugs
36. Viral Vaccines

PART IV: Clinical Virology
37. DNA Enveloped Viruses
38. DNA Nonenveloped Viruses
39. RNA Enveloped Viruses
40. RNA Nonenveloped Viruses
41. Hepatitis Viruses
42. Arboviruses
43. Tumor Viruses
44. Slow Virus & Prions
45. Human Immunodeficiency Virus
46. Minor Viral Pathogens

V: Mycology
47. Basic Mycology
48. Cutaneous & Subcutaneous Mycoses
49. Systemic Mycoses
50. Opportunistic Mycoses

VI: Parasitology
51. Intestinal & Urogenital Protozoa
52. Blood & Tissue Protozoa
53. Minor Protozoan Pathogens
54. Cestodes
55. Trematodes
56. Nematodes

VII: Immunology
57. Immunity
58. Cellular Basis of the Immune Response
59. Antibodies
60. Humoral Immunity
61. Cell-Mediated Immunity
62. Major Histocompatibility Complex & Transportation
63. Complement
64. Antigen-Antobody Reactions in the Laboratory
65. Hypersensitivity (Allergy)
66. Tolerance & Autoimmune Disease
67. Tumor Immunity
68. Immunodeficiency

VIII: Ectoparasites
69. Ectoparasites That Cause Human Disease

IX: Brief Summaries of Medically Important Organisms
Summaries of Medically Important Bacteria
Summaries of Medically Important Viruses
Summaries of Medically Important Fungi
Summaries of Medically Important Parasites
Summaries of Medically Important Ectoparasites

X: Clinical Cases

XI: Pearls for the USMLE

XII: USMLE (National Board) Practice Questions
Basic Bacteriology
Clinical Bacteriology
Basic Virology
Clinical Virology
Mycology
Parasitology
Immunology
Extended Matching Questions
Clinical Case Questions

XIII: USMLE (National Board) Practice Examination

Index

Filed under: Clinical Manual Series, Highlights, Microbiology Tagged: | actinomycetes, anaerobic bacteria, Antibodies, Antigen-Antobody Reactions, Antimicrobial Drugs, Antiviral Drugs, Arboviruses, Bacterial Vaccines, Basic Bacteriology, Basic Mycology, Basic Virology, Blood & Tissue Protozoa, Cell-Mediated Immunity, Cellular Basis of the Immune Response, Cestodes, Chlamydiae, Classification of Medically Important Viruses, Clinical Bacteriology, Clinical Virology, Cutaneous & Subcutaneous Mycoses, Disinfection, DNA Enveloped Viruses, DNA Nonenveloped Viruses, Ectoparasites, Genetics, Genetics & Gene Therapy, Gram-Negative Cocci, Gram-Negative Rods Related to Animal Sources, Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Enteric Tract, Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Respiratory Tract, Gram-Positive Cocci, Gram-Positive Rods, Growth, Hepatitis viruses, Histocompatibility Complex & Transportation, Host Defenses, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Humoral Immunity, Hypersensitivity, Immunity, Immunology, Intestinal & Urogenital Protozoa, Laboratory Diagnosis, Major Pathogens, Medically Important Bacteria, Minor Bacterial Pathogens, Minor Protozoan Pathogens, Minor Viral Pathogens, Mycobacteria, mycology, Mycoplasmas, Nematodes, Normal Flora, Opportunistic Mycoses, parasitology, Pathogenesis, Prions, Replication, Rickettsiae, RNA Enveloped Viruses, RNA Nonenveloped Viruses, Slow Virus, Spirochetes, Sterilization, Structure, Structure of Bacteria Cells, Systemic Mycoses, Tolerance & Autoimmune Disease, Trematodes, Tumor Immunity, Tumor Viruses, Viral Vaccines, Warren Levinson, Zoonotic Organisms