Practical Medical Microbiology for Clinicians

Infectious diseases constitute a major portion of illnesses worldwide, and microbiology is a main pillar of clinical infectious disease practice. Knowledge of viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites is integral to practice in clinical infectious disease. Practical Medical Microbiology is an invaluable reference for medical microbiology instructors. Drs. Berkowitz and Jerris are experienced teachers in the fields of  infectious diseases and microbiology respectively, and provide expert insight into microorganisms that affect patients, how organisms are related to each other, and how they are isolated and identified in the microbiology laboratory. The text also is designed to provide clinicians the knowledge they need to facilitate communication with the microbiologist in their laboratory. The text takes a systematic approach to medical microbiology, describing taxonomy of human pathogens and consideration of organisms within specific taxonomic groups. The text tackles main clinical infections caused by different organisms, and supplements these descriptions with clinical case studies, in order to demonstrate the effects of various organisms. Practical Medical Microbiology is an invaluable resource for students, teachers, and researchers studying clinical microbiology, medical microbiology, infectious diseases, and virology. INDICE: Preface, ix .Acknowledgments, xi .Section I: Laboratory methods in clinical microbiology 1 .1 Introduction 3 .2 Microbiology laboratory methods 12 .Section II: Prions and viruses 47 .3 Prions 49 .4 General virology 51 .5 DNA viruses (excluding hepatitis B virus) 55 .6 RNA viruses (excluding hepatitis viruses, arthropod borne viruses, and bat and rodent excreta viruses) 74 .7 Hepatitis viruses 99 .8 Arthropod borne viruses (arboviruses), hantaviruses, arenaviruses, and filoviruses 104 .Section III: Bacteriology 121 .9 Bacteriology 123 .10 Gram positive cocci 141 .11 Gram negative cocci 162 .12 Gram positive rods 168 .13 Gram negative rods 178 .14 Anaerobic bacteria 205 .15 Mycoplasmas, Chlamydiae, Rickettsiae, and Ehrlichiae 217 .16 Spirochetes 229 .17 Mycobacteria 243 .Section IV: Mycology 259 .18 Fungi 261 .19 Yeasts 268 .20 Dimorphic endemic fungi 277 .21 Molds 289 .Section V: Parasitology 303 .22 Parasitology 305 .23 Intestinal protozoa 312 .24 Tissue and blood protozoa 328 .25 Helminths 358 .26 Ectoparasites 389 .Section VI: Clinical cases 397 .27 Cases 399 .Section VII: Appendices 431 .Appendix 1: Taxonomy of infectious agents infecting humans and lists of infectious agents according to their source 433 .Appendix 2: Clinical syndromes and their causative organisms 449 .Appendix 3: General references and online resources 455 .Index 457

• ISBN: 978-1-119-06674-3
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 464
• Fecha Publicación: 02/02/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés