BRS Microbiology and Immunology is a popular volume in the Board Review Series for medical students. Written in a concise, readable outline format, this book is intended to cover topics most commonly tested on USMLE. Included are 300 to 500 review questions in the USMLE-style format, and a comprehensive examination.
Author(s): Richard J. Ziegler, Louise Hawley, Benjamin Clarke
Series: Board Review Series
Edition: 6th
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 359
BOARD REVIEW SERIES: Microbiology and Immunology; SIXTH EDITION......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 6
How to Use this Book......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
I. THE MICROBIAL WORLD......Page 13
II. HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIP......Page 15
III. STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION......Page 16
Review Test......Page 17
Answers and Explanations......Page 18
I. BACTERIAL STRUCTURE......Page 19
II. BACTERIAL GROWTH AND REPLICATION......Page 25
III. BACTERIAL VIRUSES......Page 29
IV. GENETICS......Page 34
V. BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS......Page 42
VII. ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY......Page 44
Review Test......Page 49
Answers and Explanations......Page 51
I. CLINICAL LABORATORY IDENTIFICATION......Page 53
II. INTRODUCTION TO MAJOR BACTERIAL GENERA......Page 61
III. GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA......Page 62
IV. GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA......Page 65
V. POORLY GRAM-STAINING BACTERIA......Page 68
Review Test......Page 72
Answers and Explanations......Page 75
I. MAJOR RECURRING SPECIES......Page 77
II. EYE INFECTIONS......Page 81
III. DENTAL DISEASE......Page 82
V. BACTERIAL PHARYNGITIS......Page 83
VI. INFECTIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM......Page 84
VII. PNEUMONIA/PNEUMONITIS......Page 86
VIII. NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS: MENINGITIS......Page 92
XI. CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTIONS: ENDOCARDITIS......Page 95
XIII. GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS......Page 97
XIV. URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS......Page 103
XV. SKIN, MUCOSAL, SOFT TISSUE, AND BONE INFECTIONS......Page 104
XVI. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STIs)......Page 107
XVIII. ARTHROPOD-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES......Page 110
XIX. BACTERIAL VACCINES......Page 114
Review Test......Page 119
Answers and Explanations......Page 122
I. NATURE OF HUMAN VIRUSES......Page 124
III. VIRAL REPLICATION AND GENETICS......Page 125
IV. VIRAL PATHOGENESIS......Page 127
V. HOST DEFENSES TO VIRUSES......Page 131
VI. IMMUNOTHERAPY, ANTIVIRALS, AND INTERFERON......Page 132
VII. DIAGNOSTIC VIROLOGY......Page 137
VIII. DNA VIRUSES......Page 138
IX. RNA VIRUSES......Page 141
X. SLOW VIRUSES AND PRIONS......Page 150
XI. ONCOGENIC VIRUSES......Page 151
Review Test......Page 153
Answers and Explanations......Page 155
I. EYE INFECTIONS......Page 157
III. UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT (MOUTH AND THROAT) INFECTIONS......Page 158
IV. LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS......Page 159
V. GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS......Page 160
VI. LIVER INFECTION......Page 161
IX. NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS......Page 163
X. SKIN, MUCOSAL, AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS......Page 165
XI. CHILDHOOD INFECTIONS......Page 166
XII. CONGENITAL AND NEONATAL INFECTIONS......Page 167
XIII. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES......Page 168
XVI. ARBOVIRAL AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES......Page 169
Review Test......Page 170
Answers and Explanations......Page 172
I. OVERVIEW OF FUNGI......Page 173
III. OVERVIEW OF FUNGAL DISEASES......Page 177
IV. DIAGNOSIS OF FUNGAL INFECTIONS......Page 178
V. ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS......Page 179
Review Test......Page 181
I. SUPERFICIAL SKIN INFECTIONS......Page 182
II. CUTANEOUS MYCOSES......Page 183
III. MUCOCUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS/C. ALBICANS (AND, INCREASINGLY, OTHER SPECIES OF CANDIDA)......Page 184
V. PNEUMONIAS/SYSTEMIC MYCOSES (CAUSED BY FUNGAL PATHOGENS)
......Page 185
VI. OPPORTUNISTIC MYCOSES......Page 189
VII. TABLES FOR SELF-TESTING......Page 191
Review Test......Page 193
Answers and Explanations......Page 196
II. PROTOZOAN PARASITES......Page 198
III. WORMS......Page 199
Review Test......Page 201
Chapter 10: Parasitic Diseases......Page 202
Review Test......Page 213
Answers and Explanations......Page 215
II. PNEUMONIAS......Page 217
III. DIARRHEAS AND DYSENTERY......Page 222
V. BACTERIAL AND VIRAL SKIN INFECTION AND RASHES......Page 223
VI. GENITOURINARY TRACT INFECTIONS......Page 225
A. Characteristics of Important Causes of Encephalitis......Page 236
B. Characteristics of Important Causes of Meningitis......Page 237
C. Characteristics of Important Causes of Pneumonia......Page 239
D. Characteristics of Important Causes of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections......Page 244
E. Characteristics of Important Causes of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections......Page 245
Review Test......Page 247
Answers and Explanations......Page 249
I. OVERVIEW......Page 250
II. NON-SPECIFIC BARRIERS......Page 251
III. INFLAMMATION AND SOLUBLE FACTORS......Page 252
IV. MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNITY......Page 257
V. INNATE IMMUNITY......Page 258
VI. ANTIBODIES......Page 264
VII. PROPERTIES OF ANTIBODIES......Page 266
VIII. IMMUNOGENETICS......Page 270
IX. ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY......Page 275
X. RESPONSE TO ANTIGEN......Page 282
XI. IMMUNOLOGIC ASSAYS......Page 286
XII. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGICAL DISORDERS......Page 289
Review Test......Page 301
Answers and Explanations......Page 304
Comprehensive Examination: Block 1......Page 306
Comprehensive Examination: Block 1; Answers and Explanations......Page 312
Comprehensive Examination: Block 2......Page 316
Comprehensive Examination: Block 2; Answers and Explanations......Page 322
Comprehensive Examination: Block 3......Page 326
Comprehensive Examination: Block 3; Answers and Explanations......Page 332
Comprehensive Examination: Block 4......Page 336
Comprehensive Examination: Block 4; Answers and Explanations......Page 343
Index......Page 347
