Medical Microbiology

SECTION 1

Introduction

1              Introduction to Medical Microbiology KEN

2              Human Microbiome in Health and Disease PAT

3              Sterilization, Disinfection, and Antisepsis PAT

SECTION 2

General Principles of Laboratory Diagnosis

4              Microscopy and In Vitro Culture PAT

5              Molecular Diagnosis  KEN

6              Serologic Diagnosis KEN

SECTION 3

Basic Concepts in the Immune Response - ALL CHAPTERS KEN

7              Elements of Host Protective Responses

8              Innate Host Responses

9              Antigen-Specific Immune Responses

10           Immune Responses to Infectious Agents

11           Antimicrobial Vaccines

SECTION 4

Bacteriology

12           Bacterial Classification, Structure, and Replication KEN

13           Bacterial Metabolism and Genetics KEN

14           Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis KEN

15           Role of Bacteria in Disease PAT

16           Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases PAt

17           Antibacterial Agents PAT - 35

18           Staphylococcus and Related Gram-Positive Cocci

19           Streptococcus and Enterococcus

20           Bacillus

21           Listeria and Related Gram-Positive Bacteria

22           Mycobacterium and Related Acid-Fast Bacteria

23           Neisseria and Related Genera

24           Haemophilus and Related Bacteria

25           Enterobacteriaceae

26           Vibrio and Related Bacteria

27           Pseudomonas and Related Bacteria

28           Campylobacter and Helicobacter

29           Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Rods

30           Clostridium

31           Non-Spore-Forming Anaerobic Bacteria

32           Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira

33           Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

34           Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and Related Bacteria

35           Chlamydia and Chlamydophila

SECTION 5

Virology - ALL KEN

36           Viral Classification, Structure, and Replication

37           Mechanisms of Viral Pathogenesis

38           Role of Viruses in Disease

39           Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Diseases

40           Antiviral Agents and Infection Control

41           Papillomaviruses and Polyomaviruses

42           Adenoviruses

43           Human Herpesviruses

44           Poxviruses

45           Parvoviruses

46           Picornaviruses

47           Coronaviruses and Noroviruses

48           Paramyxoviruses

49           Orthomyxoviruses

50           Rhabdoviruses, Filoviruses, and Bornaviruses

51           Reoviruses

52           Togaviruses and Flaviviruses

53           Bunyaviridae and Arenaviridae

54           Retroviruses

55           Hepatitis Viruses

56           Prion Diseases

SECTION 6 - ALL MIKE

Mycology

57           Fungal Classification, Structure, and Replication

58           Pathogenesis of Fungal Disease - add section on mycotoxins and mycotoxicoses

59           Role of Fungi in Disease

60           Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Disease

61           Antifungal Agents

62           Superficial and Cutaneous Mycoses

63           Subcutaneous Mycoses

64           Systemic Mycoses Caused by Dimorphic Fungi

65           Opportunistic Mycoses

66           Fungal and Fungal-Like Infections of Unusual or Uncertain Etiology

SECTION 7 - ALL MIKE

Parasitology

67           Parasitic Classification, Structure, and Replication

68           Pathogenesis of Parasitic Diseases

69           Role of Parasites in Disease

70           Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Disease

71           Antiparasitic Agents

72           Intestinal and Urogenital Protozoa

73           Blood and Tissue Protozoa

74           Nematodes

75           Trematodes

76           Cestodes

77           Arthropods