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Essentials of Microbiology for Dental Students
- 1st Edition - July 26, 2023
- Authors: Amita Jain, Parul Jain
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 8 1 - 3 1 2 - 6 7 1 9 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 8 1 - 3 1 2 - 6 7 2 0 - 2
This book presents a thorough and systematic approach of microbiology in a very clear,concise, simplified and easily understandable manner. The text is amply illustrated by lar… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis book presents a thorough and systematic approach of microbiology in a very clear,
concise, simplified and easily understandable manner. The text is amply illustrated by large
number of figures, flowcharts, tables and boxes. This will help not only in understanding the
concepts to clear the professional exams but will also teach the importance and application of
microbiology in clinical practice.
concise, simplified and easily understandable manner. The text is amply illustrated by large
number of figures, flowcharts, tables and boxes. This will help not only in understanding the
concepts to clear the professional exams but will also teach the importance and application of
microbiology in clinical practice.
• Focus on clinical and laboratory aspects of infectious diseases covering bacterial, tubercular,
viral, parasitic and fungal infections.
• Organization of the text into sections helps to recollect the facts easily.
• Chapter outline in the beginning of each chapter helps to facilitate self-learning by the
students.
• Syndromic approach to common syndromes highlights the important causes and laboratory
diagnostic approach.
• Flowcharts and line diagrams represent the diagnostic procedures and life cycles.
• Questions given at the end of chapters for self-assessment of topics.
• Multiple choice questions section-by-section at the end of the book for self-assessment of
the topics studied.
Online Resources at www.medenact.com
• Complimentary access to full e-book.
• Procedural animations.
viral, parasitic and fungal infections.
• Organization of the text into sections helps to recollect the facts easily.
• Chapter outline in the beginning of each chapter helps to facilitate self-learning by the
students.
• Syndromic approach to common syndromes highlights the important causes and laboratory
diagnostic approach.
• Flowcharts and line diagrams represent the diagnostic procedures and life cycles.
• Questions given at the end of chapters for self-assessment of topics.
• Multiple choice questions section-by-section at the end of the book for self-assessment of
the topics studied.
Online Resources at www.medenact.com
• Complimentary access to full e-book.
• Procedural animations.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- SECTION I. General Microbiology and Immunology
- 1. Introduction and history of microbiology
- 2. Microbial genetics
- 3. Basics of immunology
- 4. Host-pathogen interaction
- 5. Normal flora of human and microbiome
- 6. Sterilisation and disinfection
- SECTION II. Aetiological Agents
- PART A. Bacterial Pathogens
- 7. Introduction to bacterial pathogens
- Bacterial metabolism
- 8. General principles of laboratory diagnosis of bacterial pathogens
- 9. Gram-positive cocci
- Staphylococcus species
- Streptococcus species
- Gram-positive anaerobic cocci
- 10. Gram-positive bacilli
- Aerobic gram-positive bacilli
- Anaerobic gram-positive bacilli
- 11. Mycobacteria, actinomycetes and nocardia
- Mycobacteria
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Atypical mycobacteria
- Leprosy
- Actinomycetes
- Nocardia species
- 12. Gram-negative cocci
- Neisseria species
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- Kingella species
- Acinetobacter species
- Anaerobic gram-negative cocci
- 13. Gram-negative rods: Enterobacterales
- Escherichia coli
- Citrobacter
- Edwardsiella
- Klebsiella
- Enterobacter
- Hafnia
- Serratia
- Salmonella
- Shigella
- Proteus, Providencia and Morganella
- Yersinia
- Miscellaneous members of Enterobacterales
- 14. Gram-negative rods: Other than Enterobacterales
- Pasteurellaceae
- Vibrionaceae
- Pseudomonadaceae
- Miscellaneous gram-negative bacilli
- Anaerobic gram-negative rods
- 15. Spirochaetes
- Treponema
- Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum
- Leptospira
- Borrelia
- 16. Chlamydia
- 17. Rickettsia
- 18. Mycoplasma
- PART B. Viral Pathogens
- 19. Introduction to viral pathogens
- 20. Herpesviruses
- Herpes simplex viruses
- Varicella-zoster virus
- Cytomegalovirus
- Epstein–barr virus
- Human herpesvirus 6
- Human herpesvirus 7
- Human herpesvirus 8
- 21. Poxviruses
- 22. Hepatitis viruses
- Hepatitis A virus
- Hepatitis B virus
- Hepatitis C virus
- Hepatitis D virus
- Hepatitis E virus
- 23. Orthomyxoviruses and paramyxoviruses
- Orthomyxoviruses (influenza viruses)
- Paramyxoviruses
- Parainfluenza viruses
- Mumps virus
- Respiratory syncytial virus
- Measles
- Human metapneumovirus
- Nipah and hendra viruses
- 24. Human coronaviruses
- 25. Arboviruses
- Dengue virus
- Yellow fever virus
- Zika virus
- Japanese encephalitis virus
- Chikungunya virus
- West nile virus
- Kyasanur forest disease virus
- Crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever virus
- Hantavirus
- 26. Enteroviruses and rhinoviruses
- Picornaviruses
- Polioviruses
- Other enteroviruses
- Newly identified picornaviruses
- Parechovirus
- Rhinoviruses
- 27. Human immunodeficiency virus
- 28. Rabies virus
- 29. Miscellaneous deoxyribonucleic acid viruses
- Adenoviruses
- Human parvoviruses
- Polyomaviruses
- 30. Miscellaneous ribonucleic acid viruses
- Rotavirus and other viruses causing diarrhoea
- Filoviruses
- Arenaviruses
- 31. Other miscell aneous viruses
- Oncogenic viruses
- Slow virus infections and prion diseases
- PART C. Parasitic Pathogens
- 32. Introduction to parasites
- 33. Protozoa
- Amoebae
- Entamoeba species
- Free-living amoebae
- Flagellates
- Leishmania species
- Trypanosoma species
- Lumen-dwelling flagellates (intestinal and genital)
- Other flagellates
- Sporozoa
- Opportunistic coccidian parasites
- Ciliophora and chromista
- 34. Helminths
- Intestinal nematodes
- Tissue nematodes
- Cestodes
- Trematodes
- 35. Ectoparasites
- PART D. Fungal Pathogens
- 36. Introduction to fungi of medical importance
- 37. Superficial and cutaneous mycoses
- Superficial mycoses
- Cutaneous mycoses
- 38. Subcutaneous mycoses
- Mycetoma (Madura foot or maduramycosis)
- Chromoblastomycosis
- Sporotrichosis
- Phaeohyphomycosis
- 39. Opportunistic mycoses
- Candidiasis
- Cryptococcosis
- Aspergillosis
- Mucormycosis
- Talaromycosis
- Microsporidiosis
- Miscellaneous opportunistic mycoses
- 40. Systemic mycoses
- Histoplasmosis
- Blastomycosis
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Paracoccidioidomycosis
- 41. Miscellaneous fungal infections
- SECTION III. Laboratory Approach to Common Clinical Syndromes
- 42. Laboratory approach to common clinical syndromes
- Fever
- Pyrexia of unknown origin
- Fever with rash (Box 42.4)
- Respiratory tract infections
- Urinary tract infection
- Laboratory diagnosis of meningitis and encephalitis
- Aetiology of acute encephalitis syndrome
- Food-borne illnesses
- Sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infections
- Skin and soft tissue infections
- Prevention of hospital-acquired and blood-borne infections
- 43. Infectious syndromes of oral cavity
- Multiple choice questions
- Further Reading
- Index
- No. of pages: 432
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 26, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier India
- Paperback ISBN: 9788131267196
- eBook ISBN: 9788131267202