| Edition |
27th ed; international edition |
| Description |
xii, 851 p.: ill (chiefly color) ; 28 cm. |
| Note |
"A Lange medical book.". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The science of microbiology -- Cell structure -- Classification of bacteria -- Growth, survival, and death of microogranisms -- Cultivation of microorganisms -- Microbial metabolism -- Microbial genetics -- Immunology -- Pathogenesis of bacterial infection -- Normal human microbiota -- Spore-forming gram-positive bacilli: bacillus and clostridium species -- Aerobio non-spore- forming gram-positive bacilli: corynebacterium, listeria, erysipelothrix, actinomycetes, and related pathogens --The staphylococci -- The streptococci, enterococci, and related genera -- Enteric gram-negative rods (enterobacteriaceae) -- Pseudomonads, acinetobacter -- Vibrios, campylobacter and helicobacter -- Haemophilus, bordetella, brucella, and francisella -- Yersinia and pasteurella -- The neisseriae -- Infections caused by anaerobic bacteria/ Physiology and growth conditions for anaerobes -- Legionellae, bartonella, and unusual bacterial pathogens -- Mycobacteria -- Spirochetes and other spiral microorganisms --oplasmas and cell wall- defective bacteria -- Rickettsia and related genera -- Chlamydia spp. -- Antimicrobiol chemotherapy/Mechanisms of action of antimicrobial drugsa -- General properties of viruses -- Pathogenesis and control of viral diseases --Parvoviruses -- Adenoviruses -- Herpesviruses --Poxviruses -- Hepatitis viruses -- Picornaviruses (enterovirus and rhinovirus groups) -- Reoviruses, rotaviruses, and caliciviruses -- Arthropod-borne and rodent-borne viral diseases -- Orthomyxoviruses (influenza viruses) -- Paramyxoviruses and rubella virus -- Coronaviruses -- Rabies, slow virus infections, and prion diseases -- Human cancer viruses -- AIDS and lentiviruses -- Medical mycology -- Medical parasitology -- Principles of diagnostic medical microbiology -- Cases and clinical correlation. |
| Subject |
Medical microbiology
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Diagnostic microbiology
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| Added Author |
Carroll, Karen C
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| Added Title |
Jawetz, Melnick, and Adelberg's medical microbiology |
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Medical microbiology |
| ISBN |
9781259255342 |
|
9780071824989 |
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