Medical microbiology / Patrick R. Murray, PhD, Senior Worldwide Director, Scientific Affairs, BD Diagnostics Systems, Sparks, Maryland, Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, Ken S. Rosenthal, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Director of Microbiology and Immunology, Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada, Emeritus Professor, Northeastern Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio, Michael A. Pfaller, MD, Chief Medical Officer, T2 Biosystems, Lexington, Massachusetts, Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa College of Medicine and College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to medical microbiology -- Human microbiome in health and disease -- Sterilization, disinfection, and antisepsis -- Microscopy and in vitro culture -- Molecular diagnosis -- Serologic diagnosis -- Elements of host protective responses -- Innate host responses -- Antigen-specific immune responses -- Immune responses to infectious agents -- Antimicrobial vaccines -- Bacterial classification, structure, and replication -- Bacterial metabolism and genetics -- Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis -- Role of bacteria in disease -- Laboratory diagnosis of bacterial diseases -- Antibacterial agents -- Staphylococcus and related gram-positive cocci -- Streptococcus and Enterococcus -- Bacillus -- Listeria and related gram-positive bacteria -- Mycobacterium and related acid-fast bacteria -- Neisseria and related genera -- Haemophilus and related bacteria -- Enterobacteriaceae -- Vibrio and related bacteria -- Pseudomonas and related bacteria -- Campylobacter and helicobacter -- Miscellaneous gram-negative rods -- Clostridium -- Non-spore-forming anaerobic bacteria -- Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira -- Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma -- Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and related bacteria -- Chlamydia and Chlamydophila -- Viral classification, structure, and replication -- Mechanisms of viral pathogenesis -- Role of viruses in disease -- Laboratory diagnosis of viral diseases -- Antiviral agents and infection control -- Papillomaviruses and polyomaviruses -- Adenoviruses -- Human herpesviruses -- Poxviruses -- Parvoviruses -- Picornaviruses -- Coronaviruses and noroviruses -- Paramyxoviruses -- Orthomyxoviruses -- Rhabdoviruses, Filoviruses, and Bornaviruses -- Reoviruses -- Togaviruses and flaviviruses -- Bunyaviridae and Arenaviridae -- Retroviruses -- Hepatitis viruses -- Prion diseases -- Fungal classification, structure, and replication -- Pathogenesis of fungal disease -- Role of fungi in disease -- Laboratory diagnosis of fungal disease -- Antifungal agents -- Superficial and cutaneous mycoses -- Subcutaneous mycoses -- Systemic mycoses caused by dimorphic fungi -- Opportunistic mycoses -- Fungal and fungal-like infections of unusual or uncertain etiology -- Mycotoxins and mycotoxicoses -- Parasitic classification, structure, and replication -- Pathogenesis of parasitic diseases -- Role of parasites in disease -- Laboratory diagnosis of parasitic disease -- Antiparasitic agents -- Intestinal and urogenital protozoa -- Blood and tissue protozoa -- Nematodes -- Trematodes -- Cestodes -- Arthropods.