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• Title:Medical microbiology & immunology : examination & board review / Warren Levinson.
  
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• Variant Title:Medical microbiology and immunology
  
• Author/Creator:Levinson, Warren.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, c2004.
  

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  • Call Number: QW18.2 .L665 2004
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Medical microbiology.
  Immunology.
  
• Medical Subjects: Microbiology--Outlines.
  Allergy and Immunology--Outlines.
  Microbiology--Examination Questions.
  Allergy and Immunology--Examination Questions.
  
• Edition:8th ed.
  
• Description:x, 644 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
  
• Series:Lange medical book.
  
• Summary:A concise, comprehensive, and up-to-date medical microbiology & immunology review. It gives students the high-yield information they need to prepare for the USMLE Step 1 and course exams. Completely updated throughout, the new edition covers developments in HIV, hepatitis, smallpox, SARS, and more. Features case discussions, USMLE-style questions, and a USMLE-style practice exam.
  
• Notes:"A Lange medical book."
  Includes index.
  Includes index.
  
• ISBN:0071431993 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:I. Basic bacteriology
  1. Bacteria compared with other microorganisms
  2. Structure of bacterial cells
  3. Growth
  4. Genetics
  5. Classification of medically important bacteria
  6. Normal flora
  7. Pathogenesis
  8. Host defenses
  9. Laboratory diagnosis
  10. Antimicrobial drugs : mechanism of action
  11. Antimicrobial drugs : resistance
  12. Bacterial vaccines
  13. Sterilization & disinfection
  II. Clinical bacteriology
  14. Overview of the major pathogens & introduction to anaerobic bacteria
  15. Gram-positive cocci
  16. Gram-negative cocci
  17. Gram-positive rods
  18. Gram-negative rods related to the enteric tract
  19. Gram-negative rods related to the respiratory tract
  20. Gram-negative rods related to animal sources (zoonotic organisms)
  21. Mycobacteria
  22. Actinomycetes
  23. Mycoplasmas
  24. Spirochetes
  25. Chlamydiae
  26. Rickettsiae
  27. Minor bacterial pathogens
  III. Basic virology
  28. Structure
  29. Replication
  30. Genetics & gene therapy
  31. Classification of medically important viruses
  32. Pathogenesis
  33. Host defenses
  34. Laboratory diagnosis
  35. Antiviral drugs
  36. Viral vaccines
  IV. Clinical virology
  37. DNA enveloped viruses
  38. DNA nonenveloped viruses
  39. RNA enveloped viruses
  40. RNA nonenveloped viruses
  41. Hepatitis viruses
  42. Arboviruses
  43. Tumor viruses
  44. Slow viruses & prions
  45. Human immunodeficiency virus
  46. Minor viral pathogens
  V. Mycology
  47. Basic mycology
  48. Cutaneous & subcutaneous mycoses
  49. Systemic mycoses
  50. Opportunistic mycoses
  VI. Parasitology
  51. Intestinal & urogenital protozoa
  52. Blood & tissue protozoa
  53. Minor protozoan pathogens
  54. Cestodes
  55. Trematodes
  56. Nematodes
  VII. Immunology
  57. Immunity
  58. Cellular basis of the immune response
  59. Antibodies
  60. Humoral immunity
  61. Cell-mediated immunity
  62. Major histocompatibility complex & transplantation
  63. Complement
  64. Antigen-antibody reactions in the laboratory
  65. Hypersensitivity (allergy)
  66. Tolerance & autoimmune disease
  67. Tumor immunity
  68. Immunodeficiency
  VIII. Brief summaries of medically important organisms
  Summaries of medically important bacteria
  Summaries of medically important viruses
  Summaries of medically important fungi
  Summaries of medically important parasites
  IX. Clinical cases
  X. USMLE (national board) practice questions
  Basic bacteriology
  Clinical bacteriology
  Basic virology
  Clinical virology
  Mycology
  Parasitology
  Immunology
  Extended matching questions
  Clinical case questions
  XI. USMLE (national board) practice examination.