Man Meets Microbes (eBook)

An Introduction to Medical Microbiology

Jennifer R. Jamison (Autor)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
230 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-4162-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Man meets Microbes: An Introduction to Medical Microbiology is concerned with the infective aspects of disease in man. It considers the role of organisms in causing disease and also with the response to, and defense of man against these organisms. The book begins with a general introduction, providing a survey of the history of microbiology and a classification of micro-organisms and parasites capable of causing disease in man. Subsequent chapters are devoted to discussions on such topics as host-parasite relationships, parasites, bacteria and viruses, and organ systems and how they get infected with disease. The final chapter covers certain topics such as infection during pregnancy, fever, and nursing being a hazardous occupation. Microbiologists and those in the medical profession will find the book very useful.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Man Meets Microbes: An Introduction to Medical Microbiolog 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 10
Dedication 
3 
Preface 6
Foreword 8
List of Tables 12
List of Figures 14
CHAPTER 1. General Introduction 16
THE HISTORY OF MICROBIOLOGY 16
PRELIMINARY CLASSIFICATION 19
CHAPTER 2. Host-parasite Relationships 25
INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION 25
HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIPS 25
THE HOST 27
THE PARASITE/THE ORGANISM 39
IMMUNITY 52
SEROLOGY 55
SKIN TESTS 57
CHAPTER 3. The Laboratory Diagnosis of Disease 60
THE COLLECTION OF SPECIMENS 60
HANDLING OF SPECIMENS BY THE LABORATORY 64
SUMMARY 78
MAGNIFICATION 80
CHAPTER 4. Parasites, Bacteria and Viruses 81
THE WORMS 81
THE HIGHER PROTISTS 91
BACTERIA 100
OBLIGATE INTRACELLULAR PARASITES 140
VIRUSES 143
CHAPTER 5. Organ Systems and Disease 157
THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 157
THE URINARY TRACT 161
THE GENITAL TRACT 164
THE SKIN 167
THE CARDIO-VASCULAR SYSTEM 171
THE GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT 172
THE JAUNDICED PATIENT 176
THE SKELETAL SYSTEM 177
THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 178
SUMMARY 181
CHAPTER 6. Selected Topics 184
INFECTION DURING PREGNANCY, LABOUR AND THE PUERPERIUM 184
FEVER 190
NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS 190
NURSING — A HAZARDOUS OCCUPATION? 200
TREATMENT, PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES 202
IMMUNIZATION 203
STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION 210
THE USE OF ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENTS 218
Index 226

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.5.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Allgemeinmedizin
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4831-4162-4 / 1483141624
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4831-4162-6 / 9781483141626