The Short Textbook of Medical Microbiology
(Including Parasitology)
Contents
Part I
General Bacteriology
1. Glossary of Microbiology .................................................................................................... 3
2. History and Scope ................................................................................................................ 10
3. Morphology of Bacteria ...................................................................................................... 16
4. Nutritional Requirements of Bacteria .............................................................................. 30
5. Bacterial Metabolism .......................................................................................................... 35
6. Media for Bacterial Growth ............................................................................................... 37
7. Classification and Identification of Bacteria .................................................................. 44
8. Sterilization and Disinfection ........................................................................................... 50
9. Infection................................................................................................................................. 57
10. Antimicrobial Therapy ....................................................................................................... 60
Part II
Bacterial Genetics
11. Bacterial Genetics ................................................................................................................ 67
Part III
Immunology
12. Immunity ............................................................................................................................... 83
13. Antigen .................................................................................................................................. 92
14. Antibodies—Immunoglobulins ........................................................................................ 95
15. Antigen and Antibody Reaction ..................................................................................... 101
16. The Complement System ................................................................................................. 107
17. Structure and Functions of Immune System ................................................................ 111
18. The Immune Response ..................................................................................................... 117
19. Hypersensitivity................................................................................................................. 122
20. Immunohematology .......................................................................................................... 129
21. Miscellaneous ..................................................................................................................... 132
Part IV
Systematic Bacteriology
22. Staphylococcus ................................................................................................................... 145
23. Streptococcus ...................................................................................................................... 154
24. Pneumococcus ..................................................................................................................... 162
25. Neisseria .............................................................................................................................. 166
26. Corynebacterium................................................................................................................. 171
27. Mycobacteria....................................................................................................................... 176
28. Bacillus ................................................................................................................................ 190
29. Clostridium.......................................................................................................................... 194
30. Enterobacteriaceae ............................................................................................................. 202
31. Pseudomonas ...................................................................................................................... 216
32. Vibrio .................................................................................................................................... 218
33. Campylobacter .................................................................................................................... 222
34. Helicobacter Pyloridis ....................................................................................................... 225
35. Brucella ................................................................................................................................ 227
36. Pasteurella, Yersinia and Francisella.............................................................................. 230
37. Hemophilus .......................................................................................................................... 234
38. Bordetella ............................................................................................................................ 237
39. Spirochaetes ........................................................................................................................ 239
40. Miscellaneous Bacteria ..................................................................................................... 246
41. Rickettsiae ........................................................................................................................... 253
42. Chlamydiae ......................................................................................................................... 258
43. Newer Bacteria ................................................................................................................... 263
44. Microbiology of Oral Cavity ........................................................................................... 267
Part V
Virology
45. General Characteristics of Viruses ................................................................................. 271
46. Chemotherapy of Viral Diseases .................................................................................... 280
47. Classification of Viruses .................................................................................................. 286
48. Oncogenic Viruses ............................................................................................................. 289
49. DNA Viruses....................................................................................................................... 295
50. RNA Viruses ....................................................................................................................... 302
51. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) ............................................................... 311
52. Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) ............................................................................................... 313
53. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) ....................................................... 314
54. Miscellaneous Viruses ...................................................................................................... 320
Part VI
Mycology
55. Mycology ............................................................................................................................. 331
Part VII
Parasitology
56. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 353
57. Protozoa ............................................................................................................................... 357
58. Helminths ............................................................................................................................ 383
59. Medical Entomology ......................................................................................................... 399
Part VIII
Clinical Microbiology
60. The Normal Flora ............................................................................................................... 409
61. Collection and Transport of Clinical Specimens ......................................................... 411
62. Collection and Preliminary Processing of Specimens ................................................ 413
63. Diagnostic Microbiology—An Approach to Laboratory Diagnosis ........................ 415
64. Rapid and Automation Methods in Diagnostic Microbiology ................................. 427
65. Molecular Techniques in Microbiology ........................................................................ 429
66. Serological and Skin Tests ............................................................................................... 431
67. Microbiology in the Service of Human being .............................................................. 434
68. Community Microbiology ............................................................................................... 436
69. Emerging and Re-emerging Microbial Diseases ......................................................... 438
70. Nosocomial Infections ...................................................................................................... 441
71. Hospital and Laboratory Waste ....................................................................................... 444
72. Diagnostic Virology .......................................................................................................... 447
73. Emergency Microbiology ................................................................................................. 449
74. Bacteriology of Milk, Air and Water .............................................................................. 451
Part IX
Appendices
Appendices 1-15 ................................................................................................................... 459
Index ........................................................................................................................................ 467
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