Pathogenesis
7 Pathogenesis CHAPTER CONTENTS Principles of Pathogenesis Why Do People Get Infectious Diseases? Types of Bacterial Infections Stages of Bacterial Pathogenesis Determinants of Bacterial Pathogenesis 1. Transmission 2. Adherence to…
Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Enteric Tract
18 Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Enteric Tract CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction Enterobacteriaceae & Related Organisms PATHOGENS BOTH WITHIN & OUTSIDE THE ENTERIC TRACT Escherichia Salmonella PATHOGENS PRIMARILY WITHIN THE ENTERIC…
Replication
29 Replication CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction Viral Growth Curve Specific Events During the Growth Cycle Attachment, Penetration, & Uncoating Gene Expression & Genome Replication Assembly & Release Lysogeny Relationship of Lysogeny…
Intestinal & Urogenital Protozoa
51 Intestinal & Urogenital Protozoa CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction INTESTINAL PROTOZOA Entamoeba Giardia Cryptosporidium UROGENITAL PROTOZOA Trichomonas Self-Assessment Questions Summaries of Organisms Practice Questions: USMLE & Course Examinations INTRODUCTION In this…
Opportunistic Mycoses
50 Opportunistic Mycoses CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction Candida Cryptococcus Aspergillus Mucor & Rhizopus Pneumocystis FUNGI OF MINOR IMPORTANCE Penicillium marneffei Pseudallescheria boydii Fusarium solani Self-Assessment Questions Summaries of Organisms Practice Questions:…
DNA Enveloped Viruses
37 DNA Enveloped Viruses CHAPTER CONTENTS HERPESVIRUSES Herpes Simplex Viruses (HSV) Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Epstein–Barr Virus (EBV) Human Herpesvirus 8 (Kaposi’s Sarcoma–Associated Herpesvirus) POXVIRUSES Smallpox Virus Molluscum Contagiosum…
Gram-Positive Rods
17 Gram-Positive Rods CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction SPORE-FORMING GRAM-POSITIVE RODS Bacillus Clostridium NON–SPORE-FORMING GRAM-POSITIVE RODS Corynebacterium diphtheriae Listeria monocytogenes Self-Assessment Questions Summaries of Organisms Practice Questions: USMLE & Course Examinations INTRODUCTION…
