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A concise manual of pathogenic microbiology [electronic resource] / Saroj K. Mishra, Dipti Agrawal.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781118301203
  • 111830120X
  • 9781118301210
  • 1118301218
  • 9781118301227
  • 1118301226
  • 9781118301234
  • 1118301234
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Concise manual of pathogenic microbiology.DDC classification:
  • 616.9/041 23
LOC classification:
  • QR46
Other classification:
  • SCI045000
Online resources:
Contents:
""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Dedication""; ""Preface""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""KOCH’S 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 MICROORGANISMS""""CHEMICAL 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 INFLUENZAE""""AN 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 SPECIES""""CALYMMATOBACTERIUM 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 Mycoses""""SUBCUTANEOUS 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.
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Includes index.

"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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Dedication""; ""Preface""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""KOCH’S 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 MICROORGANISMS""""CHEMICAL 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 INFLUENZAE""""AN 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 SPECIES""""CALYMMATOBACTERIUM 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 Mycoses""""SUBCUTANEOUS 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""

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