Now in full color, Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Microbiology, Second Edition enables rapid review and assimilation of large amounts of complex information about medical microbiology.

Features:

• an outline format
• over 600 full-colour illustrations
• end-of-chapter summaries
• review questions
• an entire section of clinical case studies with full-color illustrations

This edition's medical/clinical focus has been sharpened to provide a high-yield review. Five additional case studies have been included, bringing the total to nineteen.

Contents

The Microbial World

1. Introduction to Microbiology
2. Normal Flora
3. Pathogenicity of Microorganisms
4. Diagnosis Microbiology
5. Vaccines and Antibiotics

Bacteria

6. Bacterial Structure, Growth, and Metabolism
7. Bacterial Genetics
8. Staphylococci
9. Streptococci
10. Gram-positive Rods
11. Neisseriae
12. Gastrointestinal Gram-negative Rods
13. Other Gram-negative Rods
14. Clostridia and Other Anaerobic Rods
15. Spirochetes
16. Mycoplasma
17. Chlamydiae
18. Mycobacteria and Actinomycetes
19. Rickettsiae

Fungi and Parasites

20. Fungi
21. Protozoa
22. Helminths

Viruses

23. Introduction to the Viruses
24. Nonenveloped DNA Viruses
25. Enveloped DNA Viruses
26. Hepatitis B and Hepatitis D (Delta) Viruses
27. Positive-strand RNA Viruses
28. Retroviruses and AIDS
29. Negative-strand RNA Viruses
30. Double-stranded RNA Viruses: The Reoviridae
31. Unconventional Infectious Agents

Clinical Microbiology Review

32. Quick Review of Clinically Important Microorganisms
33. Disease Summaries
34. Illustrated Case Studies
35. Review Questions

Index

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