TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levinson,Warren
AU  - Levinson,Warren
TI  - Review of medical microbiology and immunology
SN  - 9780071496209 (pbk.)
U1  - 616.9041 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York, London
PB  - McGraw-Hill Medical, McGraw-Hill [distributor]
KW  - Medical microbiology
KW  - Examinations
KW  - Study guides
KW  - Immunology
KW  - Microbiology
KW  - Outlines
KW  - Allergy and Immunology
KW  - Examination Questions
N1  - Previous ed.: published as Medical microbiology and immunology. London: McGraw-Hill, 2006; Includes index; Basic bacteriology (Bacteria compared with other microorganisms -- Structure of bacterial cells -- Growth -- Genetics -- Classification of medically important bacteria -- Normal flora -- Pathogenesis -- Host defenses -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Antimicrobial drugs: mechanism of action -- Antimicrobial drugs: resistance -- Bacterial vaccines -- Sterilization & disinfection) -- Clinical bacteriology (Overview of the major pathogens & introduction to anaerobic bacteria -- Gram-postive cocci -- Gram-negative cocci -- Gram-positive rods -- Gram-negative rods related to the enteric tract -- Gram-negative rods related to the respiratory tract -- Gram-negative rods related to animal sources (zoonotic organisms) -- Mycobacteria -- Actinomycetes -- Mycoplasmas -- Spirochetes -- Chlamydiae -- Rickettsiae -- Minor bacterial pathogens) --  Basic virology (Structure -- Replication -- Genetics & Gene therapy -- Classification of medically important viruses -- Pathogenesis - Host defenses -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Antiviral drugs -- Viral vaccines) --  Clinical virology (DNA enveloped viruses -- DNA nonenveloped viruses -- RNA enveloped viruses --- RNA nonenveloped viruses -- Hepatitis viruses -- Arboviruses -- Tumor viruses -- Slow viruses & prions -- Human immunodeficiency virus -- Minor viral pathogens) -- Mycology (Basic mycology -- Cutaneous & subcutaneous mycoses -- Systemic mycoses -- Opportunistic mycoses) -- Parasitology (Intestinal & urogenital protozoa -- Blood & tissue protozoa -- Minor protozoan pathogens -- Cestodes -- Trematodes -- Nematodes) -- Immunology (Immunity -- Cellular basis of the immune response -- Antibodies -- Humoral immunity -- Cell-mediated immunity -- Major histocompatibility complex & transplantation -- Complement -- Antigen-antibody reactions in the laboratory -- Hypersensitivity (allergy) -- Tolerance  & autoimmune disease -- Tumor immunity -- Immunodeficiency) -- Ectoparasites (Ectoparasites that cause human disease) -- Brief summaries of medically important organisms -- Clinical cases -- Pearls for the USMLE -- USMLE (National Board practice questions
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