TY - BOOK AU - Levinson,Warren TI - Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology SN - 9780071496209 AV - QR46 .L48 2008 U1 - 616.9041 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill Medical KW - Medical microbiology KW - Examinations KW - Study guides KW - Immunology KW - Microbiology KW - Examinations, questions, etc KW - Outlines, syllabi, etc KW - Diagnostic microbiology KW - Allergy and Immunology KW - Immunologic Techniques KW - Outlines KW - Examination Questions KW - Outline KW - lcgft N1 - "A Lange medical book."; Includes bibliographical references and 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 for 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 immunodeficienty 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 N2 - Completely updated throughout, this 10th edition offers a concise, high-yield review of the basic and clinical aspects of bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology and immunology, with an emphasis on the clinical application of microbiology and immunology to infectious diseases ER -