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Author Mishra, Saroj (Saroj K.)

Title A concise manual of pathogenic microbiology / Saroj K. Mishra, Dipti Agrawal
Published Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
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Contents Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Preface -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- KOCHâ€"! POSTULATE -- TERMINOLOGY -- MAJOR CATEGORIES OF PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS -- TRANSMISSION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE (MODE OF DISSEMINATION) -- UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS -- Chapter 2 Host-Microbe Interactions -- RESIDENT MICROBIOTA -- HOST DEFENSES -- Chapter 3 Antibiotics and Other Chemotherapeutic Agents -- CLASSIFICATION OF ANTIBIOTICS -- SUMMARY OF THE MECHANISMS OF ACTION -- Chapter 4 Antiseptics and Disinfectants
PHYSICAL CONTROL OF MICROORGANISMSCHEMICAL CONTROL OF MICROORGANISMS -- Chapter 5 Gram-Positive Cocci -- BACTERIAL TAXONOMY (AN OVERVIEW) -- CLINICALLY IMPORTANT GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI -- GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI RELATED TO STREPTOCOCCUS SPECIES -- Chapter 6 Gram-Positive Bacilli -- CLOSTRIDIUM SPECIES -- LACTOBACILLUS SPECIES -- BACILLUS SPECIES -- LISTERIA SPECIES -- Chapter 7 Gram-Positive Bacteria with Rudimentary Filaments -- CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE -- MYCOBACTERIUM SPECIES -- Chapter 8 Gram-Negative Cocci -- NEISSERIA SPECIES -- MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS
HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAEAN OVERVIEW OF GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA -- Chapter 9 Gram-Negative Bacilli -- SPECIMEN COLLECTION -- MEDIA AND LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS -- ENTEROBACTERIACEAE -- GLUCOSE NONFERMENTERS -- UNCOMMON NONFERMENTATIVE TAXA -- Chapter 10 Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacteria -- BRUCELLA MELITENSIS -- BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS -- FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS -- PASTEURELLA SPECIES -- VIBRIO CHOLERAE -- AEROMONAS SPECIES -- CAMPYLOBACTER SPECIES -- LEGIONELLA SPECIES -- GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS -- CHLAMYDIA SPECIES -- RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII
BACTEROIDES SPECIESCALYMMATOBACTERIUM GRANULOMATIS -- CARDIOBACTERIUM HOMINIS -- STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS -- SPIRILLUM MINUS -- Chapter 11 Spirochetes and Bacteria without a Cell Wall -- SPIROCHETES -- BACTERIA WITHOUT A CELL WALL -- Chapter 12 Actinomycetes -- ANAEROBIC ACTINOMYCETES -- AEROBIC ACTINOMYCETES -- THERMOPHILIC ACTINOMYCETES -- Chapter 13 Introduction to Pathogenic Fungi and Superficial Mycoses -- YEAST-LIKE FUNGI -- MOLDS OR FILAMENTOUS FUNGI -- DIMORPHIC FUNGI -- SUPERFICIAL MYCOSES -- MUCOCUTANEOUS MYCOSES
Chapter 14 Subcutaneous and Systemic MycosesSUBCUTANEOUS MYCOSES -- SYSTEMIC MYCOSES -- DISEASES CAUSED BY DIMORPHIC FUNGI -- DISEASES CAUSED BY YEAST-LIKE FUNGI -- DISEASES CAUSED BY FILAMENTOUS FUNGI -- DISEASES CAUSED BY MISCELLANEOUS FILAMENTOUS FUNGI -- Chapter 15 Unicellular Parasites -- LABORATORY METHODS IN PARASITOLOGY -- DISEASES CAUSED BY LUMEN-DWELLING PROTOZOA -- BLOOD- AND TISSUE-DWELLING PROTOZOA -- Chapter 16 Multicellular Parasites -- LUMEN-DWELLING HELMINTHS -- BLOOD- AND TISSUE-DWELLING HELMINTHS -- Chapter 17 Viruses and Prions
Summary "A Concise Manual of Pathogenic Microbiology is a quick and concise source of information on the causal agents of common infectious diseases. Divided into chapters based on broad taxonomic groupings or similarities between the causal agents, A Concise Manual of Pathogenic Microbiology lists important pathogenic taxa in each group, their natural habitats, the diseases they cause, microbiological highlights, laboratory diagnosis, and measures of prevention and control, including availability of vaccines and effective therapeutic agents"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Medical microbiology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Diagnostic microbiology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Microbiological Phenomena
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Microbiology.
Diagnostic microbiology
Medical microbiology
Genre/Form handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
Author Agrawal, Dipti.
LC no. 2012024648
ISBN 9781118301203
111830120X
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