ADVANCES IN IMMUNOLOGY

By G. MAERY

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 BACERIOLOGY 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