Book Description

Now in full color, Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Microbiology, Second Edition enables rapid review and assimilation of large amounts of complex information about medical microbiology. The book has the hallmark features for which Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews volumes are so popular: an outline format, 450 full-color illustrations, end-of-chapter summaries, review questions, plus an entire section of clinical case studies with full-color illustrations.
This edition's medical/clinical focus has been sharpened to provide a high-yield review. Five additional case studies have been included, bringing the total to nineteen. Review questions have been reformatted to comply with USMLE Step 1 style, with clinical vignettes.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1  Introduction to microbiology
Ch. 2  Normal flora
Ch. 3  Pathogenicity of microorganisms
Ch. 4  Diagnostic microbiology
Ch. 5  Vaccines and antibiotics
Ch. 6  Bacterial structure, growth, and metabolism
Ch. 7  Bacterial genetics
Ch. 8  Staphylococci
Ch. 9  Streptococci
Ch. 10  Gram-positive rods
Ch. 11  Neisseriae
Ch. 12  Gastrointestinal gram-negative rods
Ch. 13  Other gram-negative rods
Ch. 14  Clostridia and other anaerobic rods
Ch. 15  Spirochetes
Ch. 16  Mycoplasma
Ch. 17  Chlamydiae
Ch. 18  Mycobacteria and actinomycetes
Ch. 19  Rickettsiae
Ch. 20  Fungi
Ch. 21  Protozoa
Ch. 22  Helminths
Ch. 23  Introduction to the viruses
Ch. 24  Nonenveloped DNA viruses
Ch. 25  Enveloped DNA viruses
Ch. 26  Hepatitis B and hepatitis D (delta) viruses
Ch. 27  Positive-strand RNA viruses
Ch. 28  Retroviruses and AIDS
Ch. 29  Negative-strand RNA viruses
Ch. 30  Double-stranded RNA viruses : the reoviridae
Ch. 31  Unconventional infectious agents
Ch. 32  Quick review of clinically important microorganisms
Ch. 33  Disease summaries
Ch. 34  Illustrated case studies
Ch. 35  Review questions