BookCynthia Nau Cornelissen, Bruce D. Fisher, Richard A. Harvey.
Summary: "Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Microbiology, Third Edition enables rapid review and assimilation of large amounts of complex information about medical microbiology. The book has the hallmark features for which Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews volumes are so popular: an outline format, 450 full-color illustrations, end-of-chapter summaries, review questions, plus an entire section of clinical case studies with full-color illustrations. NEW TO THIS EDITION: an online testbank of 100 review questions"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction to microbiology
Normal flora
Pathogenicity of microorganisms
Diagnostic microbiology
Vaccines and antimicrobial agents
Bacterial structure, growth, and metabolism
Bacterial genetics
Staphylococci
Streptococci
Gram-positive rods
Neisseriae
Gastrointestional gram-negative rods
Other gram-negative rods
Clostridia and other anaerobic rods
Spirochetes
Mycoplasma
Chlamdiae
Mycobacteria and actinomycetes
Rickettsia, erhlichia, anaplasma and coxiella
Fungi
Protozoa
Helminths
Introduction to the viruses
Nonenveloped DNA viruses
Enveloped DNA viruses
Hepatitis B and hepatitis D (delta) viruses
Positive-strand RNA viruses
Retroviruses and AIDS
Negative-strand RNA viruses
Double-stranded RNA viruses: reoviridae
Unconventional infectious agents
Quick review of clinically important microorganisms
Disease summaries
Illustrated case studies.