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Medical Microbiology
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BIOS INSTANT NOTES
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Medical Microbiology
Professor Will Irving
Department of Microbiology, University Hospital,
Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
Professor Dlawer Ala’Aldeen
Department of Microbiology, University Hospital,
Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
Dr Tim Boswell
Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust,
Nottingham, UK
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Published by:
Taylor & Francis Group
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© 2005 by Taylor & Francis Group
First published 2005
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2006.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Irving, William L.
Medical microbiology / Will Irving, Dlawer Ala′Aldeen, Tim Boswell.
p.; cm.—(BIOS instant notes)
Includes index.
ISBN 1-85996-254-8 (alk. paper)
1. Medical microbiology—Outlines, syllabal, etc.
[DLM: 1. Communicable Diseases—microbiology—Outlines. 2. Infection—microbiology—Outlines. 3. Bacterial
Infections
microbiology—Outlines. 4. Mycoses—microbiology—Outlines. 5. Parasitic Diseases—microbiology—Outlines.
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6. Virus
Diseases—microbiology—Outlines. QW 18.2 I72m 2005] I. Ala’Aldeen, Dlawer A.A. II. Boswell, Tim. III. Title.
IV. Series.
QP46.I78 2005
616.9’041–dc22 2005022853
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations vii
Preface ix
Section A Microbial pathogenesis
A1 Introduction microbiology 1
A2 Host defense mechanisms to infection 9
A3 Viruses and virus replication 17
A4 Viral pathogenesis 24
A5 Bacterial anatomy 28
A6 Bacterial survival mechanisms 34
A7 Bacterial pathogenicity 38
A8 Prions 43
Section B Human pathogens: viruses
B1 Human immunodeficiency viruses 47
B2 Hepatitis A and E viruses 51
B3 Hepatitis B and D viruses 55
B4 Hepatitis C virus 61
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B5 Herpes simplex viruses 64
B6 Varicella-zoster virus 68
B7 Cytomegalovirus, HHV-6 and -7 71
B8 Epstein-Barr virus and HHV-8 74
B9 Rhinoviruses and coronaviruses 77
B10 RSV, hMPV, and parainfluenza viruses 81
B11 Influenza viruses 85
B12 Adenoviruses 89
B13 Measles and mumps viruses 91
B14 Rota-viruses and caliciviruses 95
B15 Entero viruses 98
B16 Rubella virus and parvovirus B19 100
B17 Arena-, filo-, flavi- and rhabdoviruses 104
B18 Poxviruses 107
B19 Papilloma- and polyomaviruses 110
Section C Human pathogens: bacteria
Gram-positive bacteria
C1 Staphylococci 113
C2 Streptococci and Enterococci 116
C3 Bacillus species 120
C4 Corynebacteria 123
C5 Listeria 126
C6 Mycobacteria 129
Gram-negative bacteria
C7 Enterobacteriaceae 133
C8 Pseudomonas and related organisms 140
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C9 Parvobacteria 143
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