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Jawetz, Melnick & Adelberg's medical microbiology /

Carroll, Karen C.

Jawetz, Melnick & Adelberg's medical microbiology / - 26th ed., international ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill Medical ; 2013. - xi, 864 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. - A Lange medical book. .

Includes index.

The science of microbiology -- Cell structure -- Classification of bacteria -- The growth, survival, and death of microorganisms -- Cultivation of microorganisms -- Microbial metabolism -- Microbial genetics -- Immunology -- Pathogenesis of bacterial infection -- Normal human microbiota -- Spore-forming gram-positive bacilli: bacillus and clostridium species -- Aerobic non-spore- forming gram-positive bacilli: corynebacterium, listeria, erysipelothrix, actinomycetes, and related pathogens -- The staphylococci -- The streptococci, enterococci, and related genera -- Enteric gram-negative rods (enterobacteriaceae) -- Pseudomonads, acinetobacters, and uncommon gram-negative bacteria -- Vibrios, campylobacters, helicobacter, and associated bacteria -- Haemophilus, bordetella, brucella, and francisella -- Yersinia and pasteurella -- The neisseriae -- Infections caused by anaerobic bacteria -- Legionellae, bartonella, and unusual bacterial pathogens -- Mycobacteria -- Spirochetes and other spinal microorganisms -- Mycoplasmas and cell wall-defective bacteria -- Rickettsia and related genera -- Chlamydia spp -- Antimicrobiol chemotherapy -- General properties of viruses -- Pathogenesis and control of viral diseases -- Parvoviruses -- Adenoviruses -- Herpesviruses -- Poxviruses -- Hepatitis viruses -- Picornaviruses (enterovirus and rhinovirus groups) -- Reoviruses, rotaviruses, and caliciviruses -- Arthropod-borne and rodent-borne viral diseases -- Orthomyxoviruses (influenza viruses) -- Paramyxoviruses and rubella virus -- Coronaviruses -- Rabies, slow virus infections, and prion diseases -- Human cancer viruses -- AIDS and lentiviruses -- Medical mycology -- Medical parasitology -- Principles of diagnostic medical microbiology -- Cases and clinical correlations.

Original edition in 1954 written by Jawetz, Melnick and Adelberg. Later editions have kept original authors' names as part of title. A comprehensive and authoritative text that discusses the roles microorganisms play in human health and illness, with important correlations in molecular mechanisms, chemotherapy, and prevention.

9780071790314 (broš.) 9780071790314: £41.99 0071790314 (MHID) 9780071812924 (mednarodna izd.) 007181292X (MHID)


Medical microbiology.
Diagnostic microbiology.

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