Table of Contents
1 Bacterial Classification, Structure, and Function 2
2 Bacterial Growth and Metabolism 36
3 Bacterial Genetics 50
4 Antibacterial Agents 76
5 Gram-Positive Pyogenic Cocci: Enterococcus, Staphylococcus, and Streptococcus 108
6 Gram-Negative Pyogenic Bacteria: Bordetella, Haemophilus, Moraxella, and Neisseria 135
7 Enterobacteriaceae and Associated Bacteria: Campylobacter, Citrobacter, Edwardsiella, Enterobacter, Escherichia, Hafnia, Helicobacter, Klebsiella, Morganella, Pantoea, Proteus, Providencia, Salmonella, Serratia, Shigella, and Yersinia 152
8 Pseudomonadaceae: Burkholderia, Pseudomonas, and Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) 173
9 Funguslike Bacteria: Actinomadura, Actinomyces, Mycobacterium, Nocardia, Streptomyces, and Tropheryma 182
10 Zoonotic Bacteria: Brucella, Capnocytophaga, Erysipelothrix, Francisella, Listeria, Pasteurella, Spirillum, Streptobacillus, and Yersinia 201
11 Mycoplasmas, Rickettsiae, and Other Unusual Bacteria: Bartonella, Chlamydia, Coxiella, Ehrlichia, Mycoplasma, Rickettsia, and Ureaplasma 214
12 Spirochetes: Borrelia, Leptospira, and Treponema 236
13 Legionellae: Legionella Species 253
14 Toxigenic Bacteria: Aeromonas, Bacillus, Clostridium, Corynebacterium, Plesiomonas, and Vibrio 259
15 Nonsporulating Anaerobic Bacteria: Bacteroides, Bifidobacterium, Eubacterium, Fusobacterium, Gemella, Lactobacillus, Mobiluncus, Peptostreptococcus, Porphyromonas, Prevotella, Propionibacterium, and Veillonella 285
16 Overview of Mycology and Antifungal Agents 290
17 Fungi That Cause Superficial, Cutaneous, and Subcutaneous Mycoses: Basidiobolus, Cladosporium, Conidiobolus, Epidermophyton, Fonsecaea, Loboa, Malassezia, Microsporum, Phaeoannellomyces, Phialophora, Piedraia, Rhinocladiella, Rhinosporidium, Sporothrix, Trichophyton, and Trichosporon 298
18 Fungi That Cause Deep (Systemic) Mycoses: Aspergillus, Blastomyces, Candida, Coccidioides, Cryptococcus, Histoplasma, Mucor, Paracoccidioides, Rhizopus, and Other Fungi 306
19 Overview of Virology and Antiviral Agents 324
20 DNA Viruses: Adenoviruses, Hepadnaviruses, Herpesviruses, Papovaviruses, Parvoviruses, and Poxviruses 347
21 RNA Viruses: Arenaviruses, Astroviruses, Bunyaviruses, Caliciviruses, Coronaviruses, Filoviruses, Flaviviruses, Orthomyxoviruses, Paramyxoviruses, Picornaviruses, Reoviruses, Retroviruses, Rhabdoviruses, and Togaviruses 379
22 Oncogenic and Immunosuppressive Viruses: Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus, and Other Viruses 406
23 Overview of Parasitology and Antiparasitic Agents 420
24 Protozoan Parasites: Acanthamoeba, Babesia, Balantidium, Cryptosporidium, Dientamoeba, Entamoeba, Giardia, Isospora, Leishmania, Naegleria, Plasmodium, Pneumocystis, Toxoplasma, Trichomonas, and Trypanosoma 427
25 Helminths: Cestodes, Nematodes, and Trematodes 455
 Index 487