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Clinical Bacteriology, Mycology and Parisitology W. John Spicer

Clinical Bacteriology, Mycology and Parisitology By W. John Spicer

Clinical Bacteriology, Mycology and Parisitology by W. John Spicer


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Summary

Presents the basic principles of microbial infections, and covers the organisms and the diseases caused by infection. This book also contains a section on the general principles of control and treatment of infection. It also covers bacteria, fungi and protozoa.

Clinical Bacteriology, Mycology and Parisitology Summary

Clinical Bacteriology, Mycology and Parisitology: An Illustrated Colour Text by W. John Spicer

This book presents the basic principles of microbial infections, a short systematic treatment of the organisms and the diseases caused by infection. It concludes with a section on the general principles of control and treatment of infection. Bacteria, fungi and protozoa are covered. The information is presented for the reader in a highly accessible form, using a double page spread for each topic, graphics, summary boxes and tables.

Table of Contents

General Principles. Characteristics of Bacteria I. Characteristics of Bacteria Ii. Characteristics of Fungi I. Characteristics of Fungi Ii. Characteristics of Protozoa. Microbial Attack and Control. Multi-Cell Parasites. Host-Microbial Relationship. Normal Flora and Opportunistic Infection. Establishment of Disease: Attack. Non-Specific Defence. Specific (Immune) Defence I. Specific (Immune) Defence Ii. General Body Response to Infection. Specific Pathogens: Bacteria. Staphylococci. Streptococci and Enterococci. Gram-Positive Rods: Corynebacteria, Listeria, Bacillus Clostiride. Neisseria, Brannhamella, Kingella and Acinetobacter. Enterobacteriaceae I. Enterobacteriaceae Ii. Vibro, Campulobacter, Helicobacter, Aeromonas. Plesiomonas. Pseudomona and Other Gram-Negative Rods. Bacteroides, Fusobacterial and Other Anaerobes. Zoonotic Bacteria. Spirochaetes: Treponemes, Borrelia, Leptospires. Mycobacterial. Actinomyces, Norcadia and Rare Gram-Positive Bacilli. Chlamydia. Rickettsia, Coxiella, Rochachalimaea and Ehrlichia. Specific Pathogens: Fungi. Aspergillus and Candida. Cryptococcus and Histoplasma. Blastomyces, Coccidiodes, Paracoccidiodes. Fungi Infecting Skin, Hair or Nails. Fungi Causing Mucormycosis. Specific Pathogens: Parasites. Arthropods. Sporoza: Plasmodia, Toxoplasma, Cryptosporidium. Amoebae: Entamoeba, Naegleria, Acanthamoeba. Intestinal and Vaginal Flagellates and Ciliates. Blood and Tissue Flagellates. Intestinal Nematodes. Tissue Nematodes. Cestodes. Trematodes. Clinical Disease. Acute Meningitis. Chronic Diffuse Cns Infections. Cns Abscesses and Other Focal Lesions. Nervous System: Tropical and Rare Infections. Otitis, Mastoditisand Sinusitis. Superficial Ocular Infections. Tropical Ocular Infections. Deep Eye Infections. Stomatitis. Dental and Periodontal Infections. Throat Infections. Epiglottitis and Diphteria. Tropical and Rare Orofacial Infections. Laryngitis, Tracheitisand Pertussis. Bronchial Infections. Pneumonia I. Pneumonia Ii. Lung Abscess and Empyaema. Tuberculosis and Atypical Mycobacterial Infections. Tropical or Rare Respiratory Infections. Myocarditis, Percarditis and Rheumatic Fever. Infective Endocarditis. Bacteraemia, Septicaemia and Fungaemia. Tropical Systemic Infections. Rarer Systemic Infections. Pyrexia of Unknown Origin. Diarrhoeal Diseases I. Diarrhoeal Diseases Ii. Peritonitis and Intra-Abdominal Abscesses. Biliary Tract Infections. Liver Abscesses and Cysts. Tropical and Rare Abdominal Infections. Cystitis and Pyelonephritis. Real and Peri-Nephric Abscesses/Prostatitis. Tropical and Rare Urinary Infections. Urethritis. Cervicitis. Salpingitis and Pid. Epididymitis, Orchitis and Balanitis. Vaginitis and Vulvo-Vaginitis. Rare and Tropical Std. Streptococcal Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. Staphylococcal Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. Gas-Forming and Gangrenous Infections. Wound, Bite and Burn Infections. Fungal Infection of the Skin, Hair or Nails. Tropical and Rare Bacterial Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. Tropical and Rare Fungal and Parasitic Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. Osteomylitis. Tropical and Rare Bone Infections. Joint Infections. Zoonoses. Infections of Mother, Fetus and Newborn Child. Travellers and Recent Immigrants. Hospital-Acquired Infections. Infections in Immunocompromised Patients. General Practice Patients. Elderly Patients. Microbe Control By Extrinsic Defences. Sterilisation and Disinfection. Antimicrobials IGeneral Properties. Antimicrobials IiSpecific Antibacterials. Antimicrobials IiiSpecial Anti-Microbials. Vaccines and Immunisation. Clinician and Laboratory IMicrobial Detection and Identification. Clinician and Laboratory IiAntibody Response and Guiding Therapy. Medical and Surgical Asepsis and Antisepsis.

Additional information

GOR003011384
9780443043659
0443043655
Clinical Bacteriology, Mycology and Parisitology: An Illustrated Colour Text by W. John Spicer
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Elsevier Health Sciences
1998-03-31
232
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