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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Figure Credits | |
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| Principles | |
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| Establishment of Infectious Diseases | |
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| Normal Microbial Flora | |
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| Biology of Infectious Agents | |
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| Genetic Approaches to Studying Bacterial Pathogenesis | |
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| Biological Basis for Antibacterial Action | |
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| Innate Immunity | |
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| Adaptive Immunity | |
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| The Parasite's Way of Life | |
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| Damage by Microbial Toxins | |
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| Infectious Agents | |
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| Bacteria | |
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| Introduction to the Pathogenic Bacteria | |
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| Staphylococci: Abscesses and Toxin-Mediated Diseases | |
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| Streptococci and Enterococci: Sore Throats and Beyond | |
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| Pneumococcus and Bacterial Pneumonia | |
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| Neisseriae: Gonococcus and Meningococcus | |
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| Bacteroides and Abscesses | |
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| Enteric Bacteria: Secretory Diarrhea | |
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| Invasive and Tissue-Damaging Enteric Bacterial Pathogens: Bloody Diarrhea and Dysentery | |
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| Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A Ubiquitous Pathogen | |
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| Bordetella pertussis and Whooping Cough | |
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| Clostridia: Diarrheal Disease, Tissue Infection, Botulism, and Tetanus | |
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| Legionella: Parasite of Amebas and Macrophages | |
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| Helicobacter pylori: Pathogenesis of a "Slow" Bacterial Infection | |
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| Mycobacteria: Tuberculosis and Leprosy | |
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| Treponema pallidum and Syphilis: A Disease With a History | |
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| Borrelia burgdorferi and Lyme Disease | |
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| Cat Scratch Disease, Bacillary Angiomatosis, and Other Bartonelloses | |
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| Chlamydiae: Genital, Ocular, and Respiratory Pathogens | |
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| Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Other Rickettsioses | |
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| Mycoplasma: Curiosity and Pathogen | |
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| Strategies to Combat Bacterial Infections | |
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| Viruses | |
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| Biology of Viruses | |
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| Picornaviruses and Coronaviruses | |
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| Arthropodborne Viruses | |
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| Paramyxoviruses: Measles Virus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus | |
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| Rabies | |
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| Influenza and Its Viruses | |
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| Rotaviruses, Noroviruses, and Other Viral Agents of Gastroenteritis | |
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| Human Retroviruses: AIDS and Other Diseases | |
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| Adenoviruses | |
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| Human Papillomaviruses and Warts | |
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| Alphaherpesviruses: Herpes Simplex Virus and Varicella-Zoster Virus | |
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| Betaherpesviruses and Gammaherpesviruses: Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr Virus | |
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| Viral Hepatitis | |
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| Antiviral Treatment Strategies | |
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| Vaccines and Antisera for the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases | |
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| Fungi | |
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| Introduction to the Fungi and Mycoses | |
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| Endemic Mycoses | |
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| Opportunistic Fungal Infection | |
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| Subcutaneous, Cutaneous, and Superficial Mycoses | |
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| Antifungal Agents | |
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| Parasites | |
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| Introduction to Parasitology | |
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| Blood and Tissue Protozoa | |
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| Intestinal and Vaginal Protozoa | |
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| Intestinal Helminths | |
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| Tissue and Blood Helminths | |
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| Miscellaneous Pathogens | |
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| Prion Diseases | |
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| Biological Agents of Warfare and Terrorism | |
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| Pathophysiology of Infectious Diseases | |
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| Diagnostic Principles | |
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| Principles of Epidemiology | |
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| Digestive System Infections | |
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| Infections of the Central Nervous System | |
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| Respiratory System Infections | |
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| Urinary Tract Infections | |
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| Infections of the Skin and Soft Tissue | |
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| Infections of the Bones, Joints, and Muscles | |
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| Sepsis | |
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| Intravascular Infection | |
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| Head and Neck Infections | |
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| Sexually Transmitted Diseases | |
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| Infections of the Immunocompromised Patient | |
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| Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome | |
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| Congenital and Perinatal Infections | |
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| Zoonoses | |
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| Fever: A Clinical Sign of Infection | |
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| Health Care-Associated Infections | |
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| Foodborne Diseases | |
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| Index | |