Microbiology

Anthony J. Strelkauskas, PhD After earning a PhD from the University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, Tony Strelkauskas completed postdoctoral research at the Sidney Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, before becoming a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina, where he taught immunology and microbiology to medical students. He is now the lead instructor for the microbiology course at Trident Technical College, Charleston, South Carolina, where his students have repeatedly nominated him for the Who's Who Among American Teachers. Jennifer E. Strelkauskas, DVM Jennifer Strelkauskas is pictured here with a 6 day old baby Alpaca (called a Cria) after giving the newborn its first examination. She earned her DVM from Auburn University, Alabama, and is currently practicing veterinary medicine in Hood River, Oregon. Danielle Moszyk-Strelkauskas, MD Danielle Strelkauskas earned her MD from the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences and then completed an internal medicine internship at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California. She is currently the Chief Academic Resident in Emergency Medicine at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California.

PART I FOUNDATIONS
1. What Is Microbiology and Why Does It Matter?
2. Fundamental Chemistry for Microbiology
3. Essentials of Metabolism
4. An Introduction to Cell Structure and Host–Pathogen Relationships

PART II DISEASE MECHANISMS
5. Requirements for Infection
6. Transmission of Infection, the Compromised Host, and Epidemiology
7. Principles of Disease
8. Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases

PART III CHARACTERISTICS OF DISEASE-CAUSING MICROORGANISMS
9. The Clinical Significance of Bacterial Anatomy
10. Bacterial Growth
11. Microbial Genetics and Infectious Disease
12. The Structure and Infection Cycle of Viruses
13. Viral Pathogenesis
14. Parasitic and Fungal Infections

PART IV HOST DEFENSE
15. The Innate Immune Response
16. The Adaptive Immune Response
17. Failures of the Immune Response

PART V CONTROL AND TREATMENT
18. Control of Microbial Growth with Disinfectants and Antiseptics
19. Antibiotics
20. Antibiotic Resistance

PART VI MICROBIAL INFECTIONS
21. Infections of the Respiratory System
22. Infections of the Digestive System
23. Infections of the Genitourinary System
24. Infections of the Central Nervous System
25. Infections of the Blood
26. Infections of the Skin and Eyes

PART VII THE BEST AND THE WORST: IMPORTANT ISSUES IN MICROBIOLOGY
27. Biotechnology
28. Bioterrorism

Answers to Questions
Glossary
Pathogen List