Schaechter's mechanisms of microbial disease / [edited by] N. Cary Engleberg, Victor DiRita, Terence S. Dermody.
Record details
- ISBN: 0781753422
- ISBN: 9780781753425
- Physical Description: xxi, 762 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
- Edition: 4th ed.
- Publisher: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Rev. ed. of: Mechanisms of microbial disease / edited by Moselio Schaechter. 3rd ed. c1998. Includes index. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Pt. I. Principles. Establishment of infectious diseases -- Normal microbial flora -- Biology of infectious agents -- Genetic approaches to studying bacterial pathogenesis -- Biological basis for antibacterial action -- Innate immunity -- Adaptive immunity -- The parasite's way of life -- Damage by microbial toxins -- Pt. II. Infectious agents. Introduction to the pathogenic bacteria -- Staphylococci: abscesses and toxin-mediated diseases -- Streptococci and enterococci: sore throats and beyond -- Pneumococcus and bacterial pneumonia -- Neisseriae: gonococcus and meningococcus -- Bacteroides and abscesses -- Enteric bacteria: secretory diarrhea -- Invasive and tissue-damaging enteric bacterial pathogens: bloody diarrhea and dysentery -- Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a ubiquitous pathogen -- Bordetella pertussis adn whooping cough -- Clostridia: diarrheal disease, tissue infection, botulism, and tetanus -- Legionella: parasite of amebas and macrophages -- Helicobacter pylori: pathogenesis of a "slow" bacterial infection -- Mycobacteria: tuberculosis and leprosy -- Treponema pallidum and syphilis: a disease with a history -- Borrelia burgdorferi and Lyme disease -- Cat scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, and other bartonelloses -- Chlamydiae: genital, ocular, and respiratory pathogens -- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and other Rickettsioses -- Mycoplasma: curiosity and pathogen -- Strategies to combat bacterial infections -- Biology of viruses -- Picornaviruses and coronaviruses -- Arthropodborne viruses -- Paramyxoviruses: measles virus and respiratory syncytial virus -- Rabies -- Influenza and its viruses -- Rotaviruses, noroviruses, and other viral agents of gastroenteritis -- Human retroviruses: AIDS and other diseases -- Adenoviruses -- Human papillomaviruses and warts -- Alphaherpesviruses: herpes simplex virus and varicella-zoster virus -- Betapherpesviruses and gammaherpesviruses: cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus -- Viral hepatitis -- Antiviral treatment strategies -- Vaccines and antisera for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases -- Introduction to the fungi and mycoses -- Endemic mycoses -- Opportunistic fungal infection -- Subcutaneous, cutaneous, and superficial mycoses -- Antifungal agents -- Introduction to parasitology -- Blood and tissue protozoa -- Intestinal and vaginal protozoa -- Intestinal helminths -- Tissue and blood helminths -- Prion diseases -- Biological agents of warfare and terrorism -- Pt. III. Pathophysiology of infectious diseases. Diagnostic principles -- Principles of epidemiology -- Digestive system infections -- Infections of the central nervous system -- Respiratory system infections -- Urinary tract infections -- Infections of the skin and soft tissue -- Infections of the bones, joints, and muscles -- Sepsis -- Intravascular infection -- Head and neck infections -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Infections of the immunocompromised patient -- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Congenital and perinatal infections -- Zoonoses -- Fever: a clinical sign of infection -- Health care-associated infections -- Foodborne diseases. |
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Subject: | Medical microbiology. Communicable diseases > Pathogenesis. |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QR 46 .M463 2007 | 30537199 | General Collection | Available | - |