| Description |
xii, 851 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm |
| Summary |
Jawetz, Melnick Adelbergs Medical Microbiology delivers a concise, full-color, and up-to-date overview of the roles microorganisms play in human health and illness. |
| 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 -- Mycoplasmas 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 |
| Notes |
Previous edition 2013 |
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"A Lange medical book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Diagnostic microbiology.
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Microbiology.
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Medical microbiology.
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| Author |
Mietzner, Timothy A.
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Carroll, Karen C.
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Hobden, Jeffery A.
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Miller, Steve.
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Morse, Stephen A.
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Mitchell, Thomas G.
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Sakanari, Judy A.
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McKerrow, J. H. (James Hobson), 1948-
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Detrick, Barbara.
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| ISBN |
9780071824989 |
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