Includes index

PART I: INFECTION. Infection--basic concepts -- Immune response to infection -- Sterilization, disinfection, and infection control -- Principles of laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases -- Emerging and reemerging infectious diseases: emergence and global spread of infection -- PART II: PATHOGENIC VIRUSES. Viruses--basic concepts -- Pathogenesis of viral infection -- Antiviral agents and resistance -- Respiratory viruses -- Viruses of mumps, measles, rubella, and other childhood exanthems -- Poxviruses -- Enteroviruses -- Hepatitis viruses -- Herpesviruses -- Viruses of diarrhea -- Arthropod-borne and other zoonotic viruses -- Rabies -- Retroviruses: human t-lymphotropic virus, human immunodeficiency virus, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Papilloma and polyoma viruses -- Persistent viral infections of the central nervous system -- PART III: PATHOGENIC BACTERIA. Bacteria--basic concepts -- Pathogenesis of bacterial infections -- Antibacterial agents and resistance -- Staphylococci -- Streptococci and enterococci -- Corynebacterium, Listeria, and Bacillus -- Mycobacteria -- Actinomyces and Nocardia -- Clostridium, Bacteroides, and other anaerobes -- Neisseria -- Haemophilus and Bordetella -- Vibrio, Campylobacter, and Helicobacter -- Enterobacteriaceae -- Legionella and Coxiella -- Pseudomonas and other opportunistic gram-negative bacilli -- Plague and other bacterial zoonotic diseases -- Spirochetes -- Mycoplasma -- Chlamydia -- Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Bartonella -- Dental and periodontal infections -- PART IV: PATHOGENIC FUNGI--basic concepts -- Pathogenesis and diagnosis of fungal infections -- Antifungal agents and resistance -- The superficial and subcutaneous fungi: dermatophytes, Malassezia, Sporothrix, and pigmented molds -- The opportunistic fungi: Candida, Aspergillus, the zygomycetes, and Pneumocystis -- The systemic fungal pathogens: Cryptococcus, Histoplasma, Blastomyces, Coccidioides, Paracoccidioides -- Part V: PATHOGENIC PARASITES. Parasites--basic concepts -- Pathogenesis and diagnosis of parasitic infection -- Antiparasitic agents and resistance -- Apicomplexa and Microsporidia -- Sarcomastigophora--the amebas -- Sarcomastigophora--the flagellates -- Intestinal nematodes -- Tissue nematodes -- Cestodes -- Trematodes -- Infectious diseases: syndromes and etiologies