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Exam review for medical students. Features visual memory tools and illustrations, summary charts, and other learning aids. Concentrates on clinical and infectious disease issues. Updated to include information on AIDS and other current topics in microbiology. Written in conversational style. Previous edition: c1999. Softcover.

PART 1. BACTERIA
1. Bacterial Taxonomy
2. Cell Structures, Virulence Factors, and Toxins
3. Bacterial Genetics (Sex)
GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA
4. Streptococcus
5. Staphylococcus
6. Bacillus and Clostridium (Spore-Forming Rods)
7. Corynebacterium and Listeria (Non-Spore-Forming Rods)

GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA
8. Neisseria
9. The Enterics
10. Haemophilus, Bordetella, and Legionella
11. Yersinia, Francisella, Brucella, and Pasteurella
12. Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and Friends
13. Spirochetes

ACID-FAST BACTERIA
14. Mycobacterium

BACTERIA WITHOUT CELL WALLS
15. Mycoplasma

ANTI-BACTERIAL MEDICATIONS
16. Penicillin Family Antibiotics
17. Anti-ribosomal Antibiotics
18. Anti-Tb and Anti-leprosy Antibiotics
19. Miscellaneous Antibiotics

PART 2. FUNGI
20. The Fungi
21. Anti-fungal Medications

PART 3. VIRUSES
22. Viral Replication and Taxonomy
23. Orthomyxo and Paramyxoviridae
24. Hepatitis Viridae
25. Retroviridae, HIV, and AIDS
26. Herpseviridae
27. Rest of the DNA Viruses
28. Rest of the RNA Viruses
29. Anti-viral Medications

PART 4. PARASITES
30. Protozoans
31. Helminths