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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