MICROBIOLOGY
Viral Vaccines
36 Viral Vaccines CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction Active Immunity Passive Immunity Herd Immunity Pearls Self-Assessment Questions Practice Questions: USMLE & Course Examinations INTRODUCTION Because few drugs are useful against viral infections,…
Arboviruses
42 Arboviruses CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction Important Properties Transmission Clinical Findings & Epidemiology Arboviruses That Cause Disease in the United States Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Western Equine Encephalitis Virus St. Louis…
Cutaneous & Subcutaneous Mycoses
48 Cutaneous & Subcutaneous Mycoses CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction Cutaneous Mycoses Dermatophytoses Tinea Versicolor Tinea Nigra Subcutaneous Mycoses Sporotrichosis Chromomycosis Mycetoma Self-Assessment Questions Summaries of Organisms Practice Questions: USMLE & Course…
Host Defenses
8 Host Defenses CHAPTER CONTENTS Principles of Host Defenses Innate (nonspecific) immunity Skin & Mucous Membranes Inflammatory Response & Phagocytosis Fever Adaptive (Specific) Immunity Failure of Host Defenses Predisposes to…
DNA Nonenveloped Viruses
38 DNA Nonenveloped Viruses CHAPTER CONTENTS Adenoviruses Papillomaviruses Parvoviruses Polyomaviruses Self-Assessment Questions Summaries of Organisms Practice Questions: USMLE & Course Examinations ADENOVIRUSES Diseases Adenoviruses cause a variety of upper and…
Immunodeficiency
68 Immunodeficiency CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction Congenital Immunodeficiencies B-Cell Deficiencies T-Cell Deficiencies Combined B-Cell & T-Cell Deficiencies Complement Deficiencies Phagocyte Deficiencies Pattern-Recognition Receptor Deficiency Acquired Immunodeficiencies B-Cell Deficiencies T-Cell Deficiencies Complement…
Chlamydiae
25 Chlamydiae CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction Chlamydia trachomatis Chlamydia pneumoniae Chlamydia psittaci Self-Assessment Questions Summaries of Organisms Practice Questions: USMLE & Course Examinations INTRODUCTION Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacteria (i.e., they…
Antimicrobial Drugs: Resistance
11 Antimicrobial Drugs: Resistance CHAPTER CONTENTS Principles of Antibiotic Resistance Genetic Basis of Resistance Chromosome-Mediated Resistance Plasmid-Mediated Resistance Transposon-Mediated Resistance Specific Mechanisms of Resistance Nongenetic Basis of Resistance Selection of…
