CONTENTS
Preface v
PART I. BACTERIA 1
1 BACTERIAL TAXONOMY 1
2 CELL STRUCTURES, VIRULENCE FACTORS, and TOXINS 9
3 BACTERIAL GENETICS 21
G^M-POSITIVE BACTERIA 27
4 STREPTOCOCCUS 27
5 STAPHYLOCOCCUS 40
6 BACILLUS and CLOSTRIDIUM (SPORE-FORMING RODS) 48
7 CORYNEBACTERIUM and LISTERIA (NON-SPORE-FORMING RODS) 58
G^RAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA 64
8 NEISSERIA 64
9 THE ENTERICS 72
10 HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED G^RAM NEGATIVES 91
11 HAEMOPHILUS, BORDETELLA, and LEGIONELLA 96
12 YERSINIA, FRANCISELLA, BRUCELLA, and PASTEURELLA 104
13 CH^MYDIA, RICKETTSIA, and FRIENDS 110
14 SPIROCHETES 128
ACID-FAST BACTERIA 142
15 MYCOBACTERIUM 142
BACTERIA WITHOUT CELL WALLS 156
16 MYCOPLASMA 156
ANTI-BACTERIAL MEDICATIONS 160
17 PENICILLIN FAMILY ANTIBIOTICS 160
18 ANTI-RIBOSOMAL ANTIBIOTICS 174
19 ANTI-TB and ANTI-LEPROSY ANTIBIOTICS 186
20 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIBIOTICS 194
PART 2. FUNGI 202
21 THE FUNGI 202
22 ANTI-FUNGAL MEDICATIONS 216
PART 3. VIRUSES 226
23 VIRAL REPLICATION and TAXONOMY 226
24 ORTHOMYXO and P^^mOVIRIDAE 240
25 HEPATITIS VIRIDAE 254
26 RETROVIRIDAE, HIV, and AIDS 266
27 HERPESVIRIDAE (contributing author: John Beigel, MD) 281
28 REST OF THE DNA VIRUSES 290
29 REST OF THE RNA VIRUSES (contributing authors: Amy Guillet Agrawal, MD and John Beigel, MD) 296
30 ANTI-VIRAL MEDICATIONS 314
PART 4. PARASITES 336
31 PROTOZOANS 336
32 HELMINTHS 362
PART 5. VERY STINGE CRITTERS 382
33 PRIONS (contributing author: Hans Henrik Larsen, M.D.) 382
PART 6. THE END 387
34 ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE: ONE STEP TOWARD THE POST-ANTIBIOTIC ERA?
(contributing author: Earnest Alexander, Pharm.D.l 387
35 THE AGENTS OF BIOTERRORISM
(contributing authors: Luciana Borio, MD and Clarence Lam) 392
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INDEX 399