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Schaechter's mechanisms of microbial disease

Author: Moselio Schaechter; N Cary Engleberg; Victor J DiRita; Terence Dermody
Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2013.
Edition/Format:  Book : English : 5th edView all editions and formats
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Provides students with a thorough understanding of microbial agents and the pathophysiology of microbial diseases. This title is organized by microbial class and by organ system, making it equally at  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Moselio Schaechter; N Cary Engleberg; Victor J DiRita; Terence Dermody
ISBN: 9780781787444 0781787440 9781451100051 1451100051
OCLC Number: 769141612
Description: xvii, 826 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 28 cm.
Contents: Establishment of infectious diseases --
The normal microbiota --
Biology of infectious agents --
Genetic approaches to studying bacterial pathogenesis --
Biological basis for antibacterial action --
Innate immunity --
Adaptive immunity --
The parasite's way of life --
Damage by microbial toxins --
Introduction to the pathogenic bacteria --
Staphylococci: abscesses and toxin-mediated diseases --
Streptococci and enterococci: "strep throat" and beyond --
Pneumococcus and bacterial pneumonia --
Neisseriae: gonococcus and meningococcus --
Bacteroids, intra-abdominal infection, and abscesses --
Enteric bacteria: secretory diarrhea --
Invasive and tissue-damaging enteric bacterial pathogens: bloody diarrhea and dysentery --
Psudomonas aeruginosa: a ubiquitous opportunist --
Bordetella and whooping cough --
Clostridia: diarrheal disease, tissue infection, botulism, and tetanus --
Legionella: parasite of amoebae and macrophages --
Helicobacter pylori: pathogenesis of a persistent bacterial infection --
Mycobacteria: tuberculosis and leprosy --
Syphilis: a disease with a history --
Borrelia burgdorferi and lyme disease --
Cat scatch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, and other bartonelloses --
Chlamydiae: genital, ocular, and respiratory pathogens --
Rocky mountain spotted fever and other rickettsioses --
Mycoplasma: curiosity and pathogen --
Strategies to combat bacterial infections --
Biology of viruses --
Picornaviruses and coronaviruses --
Arthropodborne viruses --
Paramyxoviruses: measles virus and respiratory syncytial virus --
Rabies --
Influenza and its viruses --
Rotaviruses, noroviruses, and other viral agents of gastroenteritis --
The human retroviruses: AIDS and other diseases --
Adenoviruses --
Human papillomaviruses and warts --
Alphaherpesviruses: herpes simplex virus and Varicella-Zoster virus--
Beta- and gammaherpesviruses: cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus --
Viral hepatitis --
Antiviral treatment strategies --
Vaccines and antisera for the prevention and treatment of infectious disease --
Introduction to the fungi and mycoses --
Endemic mycoses --
Opportunistic fungal infections --
Subcutaneous, cutaneous, and superificial mycoses --
Anitfungal agents --
Introduction to parasitology --
Blood and tissue protozoa --
Intestinal and vaginal protozoa --
Intestinal helminths --
Tissue and blood helminths --
Prion diseases --
Biological agents of warfare and terrorism --
Diagnostic principles --
Principles of epidemiology --
Digestive system infectons --
Infections of the central nervous system --
Respiratory system infections --
Urinary tract infections --
Infections of the skin and soft tissue --
Infections of the skin and soft tissue --
Infections of the bone, joints, and muscles --
Sepsis --
Intravascular infection --
Head and neck infections --
Sexually transmitted diseases --
Infections of the immunocompromised patient --
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome --
Congenital and perinatal infections --
Zoonoses --
Fever: a clinical sign of infection --
Health care-associated infections --
Foodborne disease.
Other Titles: Mechanisms of microbial disease
Responsibility: [edited by] N. Cary Engleberg, Victor J. DiRita, Terence S. Dermody.

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