Practical Microbiology for Clinicians

Infectious diseases constitute a major portion of illnesses worldwide, and microbiology is a main pillar of clinical infectious disease practice. Knowledge of viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites is integral to practice in clinical infectious disease. Practical Medical Microbiology is an invaluable reference for medical microbiology instructors. Drs. Berkowitz and Jerris are experienced teachers in the fields of infectious diseases and microbiology respectively, and provide expert insight into microorganisms that affect patients, how organisms are related to each other, and how they are isolated and identified in the microbiology laboratory. The text also is designed to provide clinicians the knowledge they need to facilitate communication with the microbiologist in their laboratory. The text takes a systematic approach to medical microbiology, describing taxonomy of human pathogens and consideration of organisms within specific taxonomic groups. The text tackles main clinical infections caused by different organisms, and supplements these descriptions with clinical case studies, in order to demonstrate the effects of various organisms. Practical Medical Microbiology is an invaluable resource for students, teachers, and researchers studying clinical microbiology, medical microbiology, infectious diseases, and virology.

Contents

Preface, ix Acknowledgments, xi Section I: Laboratory methods in clinical microbiology 1 1 Introduction 3 2 Microbiology laboratory methods 12 Section II: Prions and viruses 47 3 Prions 49 4 General virology 51 5 DNA viruses (excluding hepatitis B virus) 55 6 RNA viruses (excluding hepatitis viruses, arthropod borne viruses, and bat and rodent excreta viruses) 74 7 Hepatitis viruses 99 8 Arthropod borne viruses (arboviruses), hantaviruses, arenaviruses, and filoviruses 104 Section III: Bacteriology 121 9 Bacteriology 123 10 Gram positive cocci 141 11 Gram negative cocci 162 12 Gram positive rods 168 13 Gram negative rods 178 14 Anaerobic bacteria 205 15 Mycoplasmas, Chlamydiae, Rickettsiae, and Ehrlichiae 217 16 Spirochetes 229 17 Mycobacteria 243 Section IV: Mycology 259 18 Fungi 261 19 Yeasts 268 20 Dimorphic endemic fungi 277 21 Molds 289 Section V: Parasitology 303 22 Parasitology 305 23 Intestinal protozoa 312 24 Tissue and blood protozoa 328 25 Helminths 358 26 Ectoparasites 389 Section VI: Clinical cases 397 27 Cases 399 Section VII: Appendices 431 Appendix 1: Taxonomy of infectious agents infecting humans and lists of infectious agents according to their source 433 Appendix 2: Clinical syndromes and their causative organisms 449 Appendix 3: General references and online resources 455 Index 457