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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…

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:…

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…

54 Cestodes CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction Taenia Diphyllobothrium Echinococcus Cestodes of Minor Importance Self-assessment Questions Summaries of Organisms Practice Questions: USMLE & Course Examinations INTRODUCTION Platyhelminthes (platy means flat; helminth means…

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…

57 Immunity CHAPTER CONTENTS Function of the Immune System Specificity of the Immune Response 1. Cell-Mediated Immunity 2. Antibody-Mediated Immunity Innate & Adaptive Immunity 1. Innate Immunity 2. Adaptive (Acquired)…