Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: Section I Basic Bacteriology -- General Principles -- Classification and Characteristics of Common Bacteria and Flora -- Pathogenesis and Host Defense -- Laboratory Diagnostics -- Antimicrobial Drugs and Vaccines -- Section II Clinical Bacteriology -- Gram Positive Cocci -- Gram Positive Rods -- Gram Negative Cocci (Neisseria) -- Gram Negative Rods (Enterics) -- Gram Negative Rods (Respiratory) -- Gram Negative Rods (Zoonotic) -- Myobacteria (Tuberculosis, Leprosy) -- Actinomyces, Mocardia, Mycoplasms -- Spirochetes -- Chlamydia and Rickettsia -- Minor Bacterial Pathogens -- Section III Basic Virology -- General Principles (Structure, -- Replication) -- Classifiation and Characteristics of Common Viruses -- Pathogenesis and Host Defense -- Viral Drugs and Vaccines -- Section IV Clinical Virology -- Herpesviruses -- Hepatitis Viruses -- Paramyxovirus and Orthomyxvirus -- Arboviruses (Toga, Flavi, Bunya) -- Retroviruses -- Other DNA viruses -- Other RNA viruses -- Prions -- Section V Mycology -- General Principles -- Cutaneous and Subcutaneous Mycoses -- Systemic Mycoses -- Opportunistic Mycoses -- Antifungal Mycoses -- Section VI Parasitology -- Protozoa -- Helminths -- Section VII Immunology -- Cells and Signals of the Immune System -- Major Histocompatibility Complex -- Innate Immunity -- Antibodies and Complement -- Humoral Immunity -- Cell-Mediated Immunity -- Hypersensitivity and Transplant Rejection -- Tolerance and Autoimmunity -- Immunodeficiency -- Laboratory Use of Antibodies -- Section VIII Systems Based Microbiology -- Cardiovascular -- Respiratory -- Gastrointestinal -- Genitourinary -- Ears, Eyes, and Nervous System -- Skin -- Musculoskeletal.