ADVANCES IN IMMUNOLOGY
CONTENTS* 1 GENERAL PROPERTIES OF MICROORGANISMS I TE MICROBIAL WORLD II HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIP III STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION REVIEW TEST 2 BACTERIA I BACTERIAL STRUCTURE II BACTERIAL GROWTH AND REPLICATION III BACTERIAL VIRUSES IV GENETICS V BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS VI HOST DEFENSES TO BACTERIA VII ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY 3 IMPORTANT BACTERIAL GENERA I CLINICAL LABORATORY IDENTI?CATION II INTRODUCTION TO MAJOR BACTERIAL GENERA III GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA IV GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA V POORLY GRAM-STAINING BACTERIA 4 BACTERIAL DISEASES I MAJOR RECURRING SPECIES II EYE INFECTIONS III DENTAL DISEASE IV EAR AND SINUS INFECTIONS V BACTERIAL PHARYNGITIS VI INFECTIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM VII PNEUMONIA/PNEUMONITIS VIII NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS: MENINGITIS IX NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS: NONMENINGITIS CONDITIONS X CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTIONS: VASCULITIS XI CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTIONS: ENDOCARDITIS XII CARDIOVASCULAR: MYOCARDITIS XIII GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS XIV URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS XV SKIN, MUCOSAL, SOFT TISSUE, AND BONE INFECTIONS XVI SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STIS) XVII PREGNANCY, CONGENITAL, AND PERINATAL INFECTIONS XVIII ARTHROPOD-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES XIX BACTERIAL VACCINES 5 VIRUSES I NATURE OF HUMAN VIRUSES II VIRAL CLASSI?CATION III VIRAL REPLICATION AND GENETICS IV VIRAL PATHOGENESIS V HOST DEFENSES TO VIRUSES VI IMMUNOTHERAPY, ANTIVIRALS, AND INTERFERON VII DIAGNOSTIC VIROLOGY VIII DNA VIRUSES IX RNA VIRUSES X SLOW VIRUSES AND PRIONS XI ONCOGENIC VIRUSES 6 SYSTEM-BASED AND SITUATIONAL VIRAL INFECTIONS I EYE INFECTIONS II EAR INFECTIONS III UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT (MOUTH AND TROAT) INFECTIONS IV LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS V GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS VI LIVER INFECTION VII URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS (UTIS) VIII CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTIONS IX NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS X SKIN, MUCOSAL, AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS XI CHILDHOOD INFECTIONS XII CONGENITAL AND NEONATAL INFECTIONS XIII SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES XIV POSTINFECTIOUS DISEASE XV ORGAN TRANSPLANT-ASSOCIATED DISEASES XVI ARBOVIRAL AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES 7 MYCOLOGY I OVERVIEW OF FUNGI II FUNGAL GROUPS III OVERVIEW OF FUNGAL DISEASES IV DIAGNOSIS OF FUNGAL INFECTIONS V ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS 8 FUNGAL DISEASES I SUPER?CIAL SKIN INFECTIONS II CUTANEOUS MYCOSES III MUCOCUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS IV SUBCUTANEOUS MYCOSES V PNEUMONIAS/SYSTEMIC MYCOSES: PATHOGENS VI OPPORTUNISTIC MYCOSES VII TABLES FOR SELF-TESTING 9 PARASITOLOGY I CHARACTERISTICS OF PARASITES AND TEIR HOSTS II PROTOZOAN PARASITES III WORMS 10 PARASITIC DISEASES 11 CLUES FOR DISTINGUISHING CAUSATIVE INFECTIOUS AGENTS (SYSTEMS APPROACH) I CONJUNCTIVITIS II PNEUMONIAS III DIARRHEAS AND DYSENTERY IV ACUTE MENINGITIS V BACTERIAL AND VIRAL SKIN INFECTION AND RASHES VI GENITOURINARY TRACT INFECTIONS VII SYSTEM SUMMARIES OF INFECTIOUS AGENTS A CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPORTANT CAUSES OF ENCEPHALITIS B CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPORTANT CAUSES OF MENINGITIS C CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPORTANT CAUSES OF PNEUMONIA D CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPORTANT CAUSES OF LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS E CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPORTANT CAUSES OF UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS 12 IMMUNOLOGY I OVERVIEW II NON-SPECI?C BARRIERS III IN?AMMATION AND SOLUBLE FACTORS IV MEDIATORS OF IN?AMMATION AND IMMUNITY V INNATE IMMUNITY VI ANTIBODIES VII PROPERTIES OF ANTIBODIES VIII IMMUNOGENETICS IX ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY X RESPONSE TO ANTIGEN XI IMMUNOLOGIC ASSAYS XII CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGICAL DISORDERS COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION: BLOCK 1 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION: BLOCK 2 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION: BLOCK 3 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION: BLOCK 4 GENERAL PROPERTIES OF MICROORGANISMS C H A PT E R