Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews Microbiology 2e

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