The Short Textbook of Medical Microbiology

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