Table of Contents

1. Introduction Basic Principles of Medical Microbiology 2. Bacterial Classification 3. Bacterial Morphology and Cell Wall Structure and Synthesis 4. Bacterial Metabolism and Growth 5. Bacterial Genetics 6. Viral Classification, Structure, and Replication 7. Fungal Classification, Structure, and Replication 8. Parasitic Classification, Structure, and Replication 9. Commensal and Pathogenic Microbial Flora in Humans 10. Sterilization, Disinfection, and Antisepsis Basic Concepts in the Immune Response 11. Elements of Host Protective Responses 12. Cellular Immune Responses 13. The Humoral Immune Response 14. Immune Responses to Infectious Agents 15. Antimicrobial Vaccines General Principles of Laboratory Diagnosis 16. Microscopic Principles and Applications 17. Molecular Diagnosis 18. Serologic Diagnosis Bacteriology 19. Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis 20. Antibacterial Agents 2l. Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases 22. Staphylococcus and Related Organisms 23. Streptococcus 24. Enterococcus and Other Gram-Positive Cocci 25. Bacillus 26. Listeria and Erysipelothrix 27. Corynebacterium and Other Gram-Positive Bacilli 28. Nocardia and Related Organisms 29. Mycobacterium 30. Neisseria and Related Organisms 31. Enterobacteriaceae 32. Vibrio and Aeromonas 33. Campylobacter, Arcobacter, and Helicobacter 34. Pseudomonas and Related Organisms 35. Haemophilus and Related Bacteria 36. Bordetella, Francisella and Brucella 37. Legionella and Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Rods 38. Anaerobic, Spore-Forming Gram-Positive Bacteria 39. Anaerobic, Non-Spore-Forming Gram-Positive Bacteria 40. Anaerobic Gram-Negative Bacteria 41. Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira 42. Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma, and Acholeplasma 43. Rickettsia and Orientia 44. Ehrlichia and Anaplasma 45. Chlamydia and Chlamydophila 46. Role of Bacteria in Disease Virology 47. Mechanisms of Viral Pathogenesis 48. Antiviral Agents 49. Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Diseases 50. Papovaviruses 51. Adenoviruses 52. Herpesviruses 53. Poxviruses 54. Parvoviruses 55. Picornaviruses 56. Paramyxoviruses 57. Orthomyxoviruses 58. Reoviruses 59. Rhabdoviruses and Filoviruses 60. Togaviruses and Flaviviruses 61. Coronaviruses and Noraviruses 62. Bunyaviruses and Arenaviruses 63. Retroviruses 64. Hepatitis viruses 65. Slow viruses and Prions 66. Role of viruses in Disease Mycology 67. Mechanisms of Fungal Pathogenesis 68. Antifungal Agents 69. Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Diseases 70. Superficial and Cutaneous Mycoses 71. Subcutaneous Mycoses 72. Systemic Mycoses 73. Opportunistic Mycoses 75. Mycotoxicoses 76. Pathogenesis of Parasitic Disease 77. Antiparasitic Agents 78. Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Disease 79. Intestinal and Urogenital Protozoa 80. Blood and Tissue Protozoa 81. Nematodes 82. Trematodes 83. Cestodes 84. Arthropod