TY - BOOK AU - Peter Chin-Hong (Author) AU - Warren Levinson (Author) TI - Levinson's review of medical microbiology and immunology : a guide to clinical infectious diseases PY - 2024/// CY - [New York] PB - McGraw Hill, KW - Allergy and Immunology KW - Clinical immunology Outlines N1 - Part I: Basic bacteriology. Bacteria compared with other microorganisms Structure of bacterial cells Growth Genetics Classification of medically important bacteria The human microbiome Pathogenesis Host defenses Laboratory diagnosis Antibacterial drugs: mechanism of action Antibacterial drugs: resistance Bacterial vaccines Sterilization & disinfection Part II: Clinical bacteriology. Overview of the major pathogens & introduction to anaerobic bacteria Gram-positive cocci Gram-negative cocci Gram-positive rods Gram-negative rods related to the enteric tract Gram-negative rods related to the respiratory tract Gram-negative rods related to animal sources (zoonotic organisms) Mycobacteria Actinomycetes Mycoplasmas Spirochetes Chlamydiae Rickettsiae Minor bacterial pathogens Part III: Basic virology. Introduction Structure Replication Genetics & gene therapy Classification of medically important viruses Pathogenesis Host defenses Laboratory diagnosis Antiviral drugs Viral vaccines Part IV: Clinical virology. Introduction Herpesviruses, poxviruses, & human papilloma virus Respiratory viruses Important childhood viruses Viruses that infect the enteric tract Hepatitis viruses Arboviruses, rabies virus, & Ebola virus Tumor viruses Slow viruses & prions Human immunodeficiency virus Minor viral pathogens Part V: Mycology. Basic mycology Cutaneous & subcutaneous mycoses Systemic mycoses Opportunistic mycoses Part VI: Parasitology. Introduction Intestinal & urogenital: protozoa Blood & tissue protozoa Minor protozoan pathogens Cestodes Trematodes Nematodes Part VII: Immunology. Overview of immunity Innate immunity Adaptive immunity: lymphocyte antigen receptors Adaptive immunity: T-cell-mediated immunity Adaptive immunity: B cells & antibodies Major histocompatibility complex & transplantation Complement Antigen-antibody reactions in the laboratory Hypersensitivity (allergy) Tolerance & autoimmune disease Tumor immunity Immunodeficiency Part VIII: Ectoparasites. Ectoparasites that cause human disease Part IX: Infectious diseases. Bone & joint infections Cardiac infections Central nervous system infections Gastrointestinal tract infections Pelvic infections Upper respiratory tract infections Lower respiratory tract infections Infections of the skin & skin structures Urinary tract infections Sepsis & septic shock Eye infections Part X: Brief summaries of medically important organisms Part XI: Clinical cases Part XII: Pearls for the USMLE Part XIII: USMLE (National Board) practice questions Part XIV: USMLE (National Board) practice examination ER -