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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| Basic Bacteriology | |
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| Bacteria Compared With Other Microorganisms | |
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| Structure of Bacterial Cells | |
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| Growth | |
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| Genetics | |
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| Classification of Medically Important Bacteria | |
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| Normal Flora | |
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| Pathogenesis | |
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| Host Defenses | |
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| Laboratory Diagnosis | |
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| Antimicrobial Drugs: Mechanism of Action | |
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| Antimicrobial Drugs: Resistance | |
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| Bacterial Vaccines | |
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| Sterilization & Disinfection | |
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| Clinical Bacteriology | |
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| Overview of the Major Pathogens & Introduction to Anaerobic Bacteria | |
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| Gram-Positive Cocci | |
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| Gram-Negative Cocci | |
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| Gram-Positive Rods | |
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| Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Enteric Tract | |
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| Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Respiratory Tract | |
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| Gram-Negative Rods Related to Animal Sources (Zoonotic Organisms) | |
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| Mycobacteria | |
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| Actinomycetes | |
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| Mycoplasmas | |
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| Spirochetes | |
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| Chlamydiae | |
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| Rickettsiae | |
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| Minor Bacterial Pathogens | |
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| Basic Virology | |
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| Structure | |
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| Replication | |
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| Genetics & Gene Therapy | |
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| Classification of Medically Important Viruses | |
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| Pathogenesis | |
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| Host Defenses | |
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| Laboratory Diagnosis | |
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| Antiviral Drugs | |
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| Viral Vaccines | |
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| Clinical Virology | |
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| DNA Enveloped Viruses | |
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| DNA Nonenveloped Viruses | |
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| RNA Enveloped Viruses | |
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| RNA Nonenveloped Viruses | |
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| Hepatitis Viruses | |
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| Arboviruses | |
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| Tumor Viruses | |
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| Slow Virus & Prions | |
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| Human Immunodeficiency Virus | |
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| Minor Viral Pathogens | |
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| Mycology | |
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| Basic Mycology | |
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| Cutaneous & Subcutaneous Mycoses | |
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| Systemic Mycoses | |
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| Opportunistic Mycoses | |
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| Parasitology | |
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| Intestinal & Urogenital Protozoa | |
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| Blood & Tissue Protozoa | |
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| Minor Protozoan Pathogens | |
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| Cestodes | |
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| Trematodes | |
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| Nematodes | |
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| Immunology | |
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| Immunity | |
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| Cellular Basis of the Immune Response | |
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| Antibodies | |
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| Humoral Immunity | |
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| Cell-Mediated Immunity | |
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| Major Histocompatibility Complex & Transportation | |
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| Complement | |
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| Antigen-Antibody Reactions in the Laboratory | |
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| Hypersensitivity (Allergy) | |
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| Tolerance & Autoimmune Disease | |
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| Tumor Immunity | |
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| Immunodeficiency | |
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| Ectoparasites | |
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| Ectoparasites That Cause Human Disease | |
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| Brief Summaries of Medically Important Organisms | |
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| Summaries of Medically Important Bacteria | |
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| Summaries of Medically Important Viruses | |
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| Summaries of Medically Important Fungi | |
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| Summaries of Medically Important Parasites | |
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| Summaries of Medically Important Ectoparasites | |
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| Clinical Cases | |
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| Pearls for the Usmle | |
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| Usmle (National Board) Practice Questions | |
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| Basic Bacteriology | |
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| Clinical Bacteriology | |
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| Basic Virology | |
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| Clinical Virology | |
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| Mycology | |
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| Parasitology | |
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| Immunology | |
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| Extended Matching Questions | |
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| Clinical Case Questions | |
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| Usmle (National Board) Practice Examination | |
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| Index | |