Schaechter's Mechanisms of Microbial Disease gives readers a thorough understanding of microbial agents and the pathophysiology of microbial diseases.

Schaechter's Mechanisms of Microbial Disease features:

• Over 100 full-color illustrations
• Over 100 photos
• Case studies with questions
• Paradigm boxes

Contents

1. Establishment of Infectious Diseases
2. Normal Microbial Flora
3. Biology of Infectious Agents
4. Genetic Approaches to Studying Bacterial Pathogenesis
5. Biological Basis for Antibacterial Action
6. Innate Immunity
7. Adaptive Immunity
8. The Parasite's Way of Life
9. Damage by Microbial Toxins
10. Introduction to the Pathogenic Bacteria
11. Staphylococci: Abescesses and Toxin-Meditated Diseases
12. Streptococci and Enterococci: Sore Throats and Beyond
13. Pneumococcus and Bacterial Pneumonia
14. Neisseria: Gonococcus and Meningococcus
15. Bacteroides and Abscesses
16. Enteric Bacteria: Secretory Diarrhea
17. Invasive and Tissue-Damaging Enteric Bacterial Pathogens: Bloody Diarrhea and Dysentery
18. Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A Ubiquitous Pathogen
19. Bordetella pertussis and Whooping Cough
20. Clostridia: Diarrheal Disease, Tissue Infection, Botulism, and Tetanus
21. Legionella: Parasite of Amebas and Macrophages
22. Helicobacter pylori: Pathogenesis of a "Slow" Bacterial Infection
23. Mycobacteria: Tuberculosis and Leprosy
24. Treponema pallidum and Syphilis: A Disease With a History
25. Borrelia burgdorferi and Lyme Disease
26. Cat Scratch Disease, Bacillary Angiomatosis, and Other Bartonelloses
27. Chlamydiae: Genital, Ocular, and Respiratory Pathogens
28. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Other Rickettsioses
29. Mycoplasma: Curiosity and Pathogen
30. Strategies to Combat Bacterial Infections
31. Biology of Viruses
32. Picornaviruses and Coronaviruses
33. Arthropodborne Viruses
34. Paramyxoviruses: Measles Virus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus
35. Rabies
36. Influenza and Its Viruses
37. Rotaviruses, Noroviruses, and Other Viral Agents of Gastroenteritis
38. Human Retroviruses: AIDS and Other Diseases
39. Adenoviruses
40. Human Papillomaviruses and Warts
41. Alphaherpesviruses: Herpes Simplex Virus and Varicella-Zoster Virus
42. Betaherpesviruses and Gammaherpesviruses: Cytomeglaovirus and Epstein-Barr Virus
43. Viral Hepatitis
44. Antiviral Treatment Strategies
45. Vaccines and Antisera for the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases
46. Introduction to the Fungi and Mycoses
47. Endemic Mycoses
48. Opportuistic Fungal Infection
49. Subcutaneous, Cutaneous, and Superficial Mycoses
50. Antifungal Agents
51. Introduction to Parasitology
52. Blood and Tissue Protozoa
53. Intestinal and Vaginal Protozoa
54. Intestinal Helminths
55. Tissue and Blood Helminths
56. Prion Diseases
57. Bioloical Agents of Warfare and Terrorism
58. Diagnostic Principles
59. Principles of Epidemiology
60. Digestive System Infections
61. Infections of the Central Nervous System
62. Respiratory System Infections
63. Urinary Tract Infections
64. Infections of the Skin and Soft Tissue
65. Infections of the Bones, Joints, and Muscles
66. Sepsis
67. Intravascular Infection
68. Head and Neck Infections
69. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
70. Infections of the Immunocompromised Patient
71. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
72. Congenital and Perinatal Infections
73. Zoonoses
74. Fever: A Clinical Sign of Infection
75. Health Care-Associated Infecions
76. Foodborne Diseases

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