Microbiology and Infectious Deseases
Second Edition
by Louise B. Hawley
This new edition extracts the most important information on microbiology and infectious diseases and presents it in a concise, uncluttered fashion to prepare for the USMLE. The book also serves as an excellent course review, with illustrations and hundreds of review questions.
This edition features 70 new images.
Contents
Introduction
- From prions to parasites
Bacteris
- Bacterial structure
- Bacterial metabolism and growth
- Bacterial pathogenicity
- Bacterial genetics
- Antibiotics and drug resistance
- Identification of major bacterial groups
- Gram-positive cocci
- Gram-positive bacilli
- Mycoplasmas
- Gram-negative cocci
- Gram-negative aerobic bacilli
- Gram-negative microaerophilic curved bacteria
- Gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacilli: family enterobacteriaceae
- Gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacilli: non-enterobacteriaceau
- Spirochetes
- Rickettsiaceae and relatives
- Chlamydiae
Viruses
- Viral basics
- DNA viruses
- Positive (+) RNA viruses
- Negative (-) single-stranded RNA viruses
- Double-stranded RNA viruses: family reoviridae
- Viral genetics
Fungi
- Fungal basics
- Fungi that cause skin and subcutaneous infections
- Systemic fungal pathogens
- Opportunistic fungi
Parasites
- Parasite basics
- Protozoan parasites
- Trematodes
- Cestodes
- Nematodes
Infectious Diseases
- Eye and ear infections
- Respiratory tract infections
- Nervous system infections
- Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disease
- Cardiovascular infections, septicemias, and blood cell changes in infection
- Bone or joint infections
- Genitourinary tract infections
- Cancers associated with infections
- Skin and subcutaneous infections and rashes
Comparative Microbiology
- High-yield microbial clues and comparisons
High-Yield Case Setups
- High-yield case setups
Index
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