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Author Islam, Saif ul

Title Infectious diseases smart study guide for medical students, residents, and clinical providers / Saif ul Islam
Published San Diego : Elsevier Science & Technology, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (422 pages)
Series Developments in Microbiology Series
Developments in Microbiology Series
Contents Front Cover -- Infectious Diseases -- Infectious Diseases -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Common laboratories values -- 1 -- Introduction of infectious diseases -- 1.1 Bacterial cell -- 1.2 Difference between gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria -- 1.3 Classification -- 1.4 Gram staining -- 1.5 Bacterial pathogenicity -- 1.6 Normal flora -- 1.7 Manifestations of infection -- 1.7.1 Fever -- 1.7.2 Difference between fever and hyperthermia -- 1.7.3 NSAID as antipyretic agents -- 1.7.4 Other signs of infections -- 1.7.5 Hematological signs of infection -- 1.7.6 Biomarkers of infection
1.7.6.1 Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) -- 1.7.6.2 C-reactive proteins (CRP) -- 1.7.6.3 Procalcitonin -- 1.8 Basic immunology -- 1.8.1 Innate immunity -- 1.8.1.1 How phagocytic cells kill the invaders -- 1.8.2 Acquired immunity -- 1.8.3 Cells of immune system -- 1.8.3.1 Myeloid cells -- 1.8.3.2 Lymphoid cells -- 1.8.4 Cytokines -- 1.8.4.1 Interleukins -- 1.8.4.2 Tumor necrosis factors: alpha and beta -- 1.8.4.3 Interferons -- 1.8.4.4 Colony-stimulating factors -- 1.8.4.5 Transforming growth factors -- 1.8.4.6 Summary of cytokines -- 1.9 Major histocompatibility complex
1.10 Complement system -- 1.10.1 Classical pathway -- 1.10.2 Alternate pathway -- 1.10.3 Lectin pathway -- 1.11 Identification of microorganisms -- 1.11.1 Microscopic examination -- 1.11.2 Culture -- 1.11.2.1 Broth culture -- 1.11.2.2 Agar plates -- 1.11.3 Susceptibility test -- 1.11.4 Immunologic tests -- 1.11.5 Nucleic acid base identification -- 1.11.6 Nonnucleic acid base identification -- Further reading -- 2 -- Gram-positive bacteria -- 2.0 General Description -- 2.1 Classification of Gram-positive bacteria -- 2.2 Gram-positive cocci -- 2.2.1 Staphylococcus -- 2.2.1.1 Staphylococcus aureus
2.2.1.2 Staphylococcus epidermidis -- 2.2.1.3 Staphylococcus saprophyticus -- 2.2.2 Streptococcus -- 2.2.2.1 Classification -- 2.2.2.2 Beta-hemolytic group -- 2.2.2.2.1 Group A ₂ Streptococcus pyogenes (pus forming) -- Rheumatic fever (RF) -- 2.2.2.2.2 Group B ₂ Streptococcus agalactiae -- 2.2.2.2.3 Group C, F, and G -- 2.2.2.3 Alpha hemolytic group -- 2.2.2.3.1 Viridans streptococcus group -- 2.2.2.3.2 Streptococcus pneumoniae -- 2.2.2.4 Gamma hemolytic group -- 2.2.2.4.1 Enterococcus -- 2.2.2.4.2 Nonenterococcus -- 2.3 Gram-positive bacilli -- 2.3.1 Classification
2.3.2 Spore-forming Gram-positive bacilli -- 2.3.2.1 Bacillus anthracis -- Anthrax -- 2.3.2.2 Bacillus cereus -- 2.3.3 Non-spore-forming Gram-positive bacilli -- 2.3.3.1 Corynebacterium diphtheriae -- Diphtheria -- 2.3.3.2 Corynebacterium urealyticum -- 2.3.3.3 Rhodococcus equi (R. equi) -- 2.3.3.4 Other Corynebacterium -- 2.3.3.5 Listeria monocytogenes -- 2.3.3.6 Nocardia -- 2.3.3.7 Anaerobic Gram-positive bacilli see Chapter 3, Section 3.3 -- 2.4 Summary of gram positive bacteria -- Further reading -- 3 -- Anaerobic bacteria -- 3.1 Classification -- 3.2 Gram-positive anaerobic cocci
Notes Description based upon print version of record
3.3 Gram-positive anaerobic bacilli
Subject Communicable diseases -- Examinations -- Study guides
Genre/Form Electronic books
Study guides.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780443187438
0443187436