SECTION 1 Introduction

1 Introduction to Medical Microbiology 2 Human Microbiome in Health and Disease

3 Sterilization, Disinfection, and Antisepsis

SECTION 2 General Principles of Laboratory Diagnosis

4 Microscopy and In Vitro Culture

5 Molecular Diagnosis

6 Serologic Diagnosis

SECTION 3 Basic Concepts in the Immune Response

7 Elements of Host Protective Responses

8 Innate Host Responses

9 Antigen-Specific Immune Responses

10 Immune Responses to Infectious Agents

11 Antimicrobial Vaccines

SECTION 4 Bacteriology

12 Bacterial Classification, Structure, and Replication

13 Bacterial Metabolism and Genetics

14 Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis

15 Role of Bacteria in Disease

16 Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases

17 Antibacterial Agents

18 Staphylococcus and Related Gram-Positive Cocci

19 Streptococcus and Enterococcus

20 Bacillus

21 Listeria and Related Gram-Positive Bacteria

22 Mycobacterium and Related Acid-Fast Bacteria

23 Neisseria and Related Genera

24 Haemophilus and Related Bacteria

25 Enterobacteriaceae

26 Vibrio and Related Bacteria

27 Pseudomonas and Related Bacteria

28 Campylobacter and Helicobacter

29 Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Rods

30 Clostridium

31 Non–Spore-Forming Anaerobic Bacteria

32 Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira

33 Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma