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• Title:Mims' medical microbiology.
  
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• Variant Title:Medical microbiology
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Goering, Richard V.
  Mims, Cedric A.
  
• Published/Created:Philadelphia, PA : Mosby Elsevier, ©2008.
  

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  • Call Number: WC100 .M6625 2008
    
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• Medical Subjects:Communicable Diseases--microbiology.
  
• Edition:4th ed. / Richard V. Goering ... [et al.].
  
• Description:xi, 656 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
  
• Notes:Rev. ed. of: Medical Microbiology / Cedric Mims ... [et al.]. 3rd ed. 2004.
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 625-633) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780323044752 (Main ed.)
  0323044751 (Main ed.)
  9780808923725 (International ed.)
  
• Contents:contemporary approach to microbiology: Microbes and parasites
  Sect. 1. Adversaries - Microbes
  1. Microbes as parasites
  2. bacteria
  3. viruses
  4. fungi
  5. protozoa
  6. helminths and arthropods
  7. Prions
  8. host-parasite relationship
  Sect. 2. Adversaries - Host Diseases
  9. innate defenses of the body
  10. Adaptive responses provide a 'quantum leap' in effective defense
  11. cellular basis of adaptive immune responses
  Sect. 3. Conflicts
  12. Background to the infectious diseases
  13. Entry, exit and transmission
  14. Immune defenses in action
  15. Spread and replication
  16. Parasite survival strategies and persistent infections
  17. Pathologic consequences of infection
  Sect. 4. Clinical Manifestation and Diagnosis of Infections by Body System
  18. Upper respiratory tract infections
  19. Lower respiratory tract infections
  20. Urinary tract infections
  21. Sexually transmitted diseases
  22. Gastrointestinal tract infections
  23. Obstetric and perinatal infections
  24. Central nervous system infections
  25. Infections of the eye
  26. Infections of the skin, soft tissue, muscle and associated systems
  27. Vector-borne infections
  28. Multisystem zoonoses
  29. Fever of unknown origin
  30. Infections in the compromised host
  Sect. 5. Diagnosis and Control
  31. Strategies for control
  32. Diagnosis of infection and assessment of host defense mechanisms
  33. Attacking the enemy: antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
  34. Protection the host: vaccination
  35. Passive and non-specific immunotherapy
  36. Hospital infection, sterilization and disinfection
  App. Pathogen parade.