- ISBN: 9780683076066 | 068307606X
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/1/1993
Principles | |
Establishment of Infectious Diseases | p. 3 |
Normal Microbial Flora | p. 11 |
Biology of Infectious Agents | p. 18 |
Genetics of Bacterial Pathogenesis | p. 39 |
Biological Basis for Antibacterial Action | p. 52 |
Constitutive Defenses of the Body | p. 62 |
Induced Defenses of the Body | p. 78 |
The Parasite's Way of Life | p. 106 |
Damage by Microbial Agents | p. 115 |
Infectious Agents | |
Bacteria | |
Introduction to the Pathogenic Bacteria | p. 129 |
Staphylococci: Abscesses and Other Diseases | p. 135 |
Streptococci | p. 143 |
Pneumococcus and Bacterial Pneumonia | p. 153 |
Neisseriae: Gonococcus and Meningococcus | p. 161 |
Bacteroides and Abscesses | p. 170 |
Enteric Bacteria: "Secretory" (Watery) Diarrhea | p. 176 |
Invasive and Tissue-damaging Enteric Bacterial Pathogens: Bloody Diarrhea and Dysentery | p. 185 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Ubiquitous Pathogen | p. 199 |
Bordetella pertussis and Whooping Cough | p. 205 |
Clostridia | p. 212 |
Legionella: Parasite of Cells | p. 217 |
Helicobacter pylori: Pathogenesis of a "Slow" Bacterial Infection | p. 224 |
Mycobacteria: Tuberculosis and Leprosy | p. 230 |
Syphilis: A Disease with a History | p. 243 |
Lyme Disease | p. 251 |
Cat Scratch Disease, Bacillary Angiomatosis, and Other Bartonelloses | p. 257 |
Chlamydiae: Genital, Ocular, and Respiratory Pathogens | p. 261 |
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Other Rickettsioses | p. 268 |
Mycoplasma: Curiosity and Pathogen | p. 275 |
Strategies to Combat Bacterial Infections | p. 279 |
Review of the Main Pathogenic Bacteria | p. 286 |
Viruses | |
Biology of Viruses | p. 289 |
Picornaviruses: Polio Virus, Other Enteroviruses, and the Rhinoviruses | p. 305 |
Arthropod-borne Viruses | p. 315 |
Paramyxoviruses: Measles, Mumps, Slow Viruses, and the Respiratory Syncytial Virus | p. 321 |
Rabies | p. 330 |
Influenza and Its Virus | p. 336 |
Rotaviruses and Other Viral Agents of Gastroenteritis | p. 345 |
The Human Retroviruses: AIDS and Other Diseases | p. 350 |
Adenoviruses | p. 364 |
Warts | p. 373 |
Herpes Simplex Virus and Its Relatives | p. 380 |
Viral Hepatitis | p. 391 |
Strategies to Combat Viral Infections | p. 403 |
Vaccines and Antisera in the Prevention and Treatment of Infection | p. 412 |
Review of the Main Pathogenic Viruses | p. 418 |
Fungi | |
Introduction to the Fungi and the Mycoses | p. 419 |
Systemic Mycoses Caused by Primary Pathogens | p. 426 |
Systemic Mycoses Caused by Opportunistic Fungi | p. 431 |
Subcutaneous, Cutaneous, and Superficial Mycoses | p. 435 |
Review of the Medically Important Fungi | p. 439 |
Animal Parasites | |
Introduction to Parasitology | p. 440 |
Blood and Tissue Protozoa | p. 448 |
Intestinal and Vaginal Protozoa | p. 463 |
Intestinal Helminths | p. 471 |
Tissue and Blood Helminths | p. 480 |
Addressing Emerging Infectious Diseases | p. 491 |
Pathophysiology of Infectious Diseases | |
Diagnostic Principles | p. 503 |
Principles of Epidemiology | p. 513 |
Digestive System | p. 519 |
Central Nervous System | p. 535 |
Respiratory System | p. 549 |
Urinary Tract | p. 564 |
Skin and Soft Tissue | p. 573 |
Bone, Joints, and Infections of Muscles | p. 582 |
Sepsis | p. 589 |
Intravascular Infection | p. 596 |
Head and Neck Infections | p. 604 |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases | p. 611 |
Infections of the Compromised Patient | p. 621 |
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome | p. 626 |
Congenital and Neonatal Infections | p. 636 |
Zoonoses | p. 643 |
Fever: A Clinical Sign of Infection | p. 651 |
Nosocomial and Latrogenic Infections | p. 656 |
Food-borne Diseases | p. 661 |
Index | p. 693 |
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