TY - BOOK AU - AU - Mims, Cedric A. ED - ED - ED - ED - SN - 0397446314 : SN - 2 PY - 1993///46 CY - St. Louis PB - Mosby KW - KW - 2 KW - 0 KW - 6 KW - 20 KW - Medical microbiology KW - Medicine;Microbiology N1 - A Slide atlas of medical microbiology, based on the contents of this book, is available--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references and index; Microbes -- Microbes and parasites -- Host-parasite relationship -- Organisms -- Host defense mechanisms -- Innate defences of the body -- Adaptive responses provide a quantum leap in effective defence -- Basis of antigen recognition -- Cellular basis of adaptive immune responses -- Assessment of host defence systems and microbial antigens -- Immunological reactions producing tissue damage -- Conflicts: the background to infectious disease -- Entry, exit and transmission -- Natural defence in action -- Spread and replication -- Adaptive immunity in action -- Parasite survical strategies and persistent infections -- Pathological consequences of infection -- Diagnostic principles -- General principles and specimen quality -- Microbiological techniques for the diagnosis of infection -- System infection -- Clinical manifestations of infection: an introduction -- Upper respiratory tract infections -- Infections of the eye -- Lower respiratory tract infections -- Urinary tract infections -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Gastrointestinal tract infections -- Obstetric and perinatal infections.;(cont) Central nervous system infections -- Infections of the skin, muscle, joints, bone and haemopoietic system -- Multisystem and other infections -- World-wide virus infections -- Vector-borne infections -- Multisystem zoonoses -- Pyrexia of unknown origin -- Infection in the compromised host -- Strategies for control: an introduction -- Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy -- Vaccination -- Passive and non-specific immunotherapy -- Epidemiological aspects of the control of infection and disease -- Hospital infection, sterilization and disinfection; 5 ER -