What is the bigger challenge-for a student or the instructor to understand what is important in medical microbiology? Many years ago when I took my first graduate course in medical microbiology， I read thou-sands of pages of text， listened to 5 hours oflectures a week， and performed lab exercises 6 hours a week for 1 year. I was given a wonderful foundation in micro-biology， but I frequently asked the question-that was voiced by all the students-do I really need to know all this stuff? The answe

SECTION ⅠIntroduction 1 Overview of Medical Microbiology Viruses and Bacteria Fungi and Parasites Good versus Bad Microbes Conclusion SECTION Ⅱ Bacteria 2 Introduction to Bacteria A Word of Caution Overview Classification Role in Disease Antibacterial Agents 3 Aerobic Gram-Positive Cocci Interesting Facts Staphylococcus aureus ?-Hemolytic Streptococci Streptococcus pneumoniae Viridans Streptococci Enterococcus 4 Aerobic Gram-Positive Rods Interesting Facts Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus Listeria monocytogenes Corynebacterium diphtheriae 5 Acid-Fast Bacteria Interesting Facts Acid-Fast Organisms Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium leprae Mycobacterium avium Complex Nocardia Speaes 6 Aerobic Gram-Negative Cocci and Coccobacilli Interesting Facts Neisseria gonorrhoeae Neisseria meningitidis Eikenella corrodens Kingella kingae Moraxella catarrhalis Haemophilus influenzae Acinetobacter baumannii Bordetella pertussis Francisella tularensis Brucella Speaes 7 Aerobic Fermentative Gram-Negative Rods Interesting Facts Escherichia coli Klebsiella pneumoniae Proteus mirabilis Salmonella Species Shigella Speaes Yersinia pestis Vibrio cholerae 8 Aerobic Nonfermentative Gram-Negative Rods Interesting Facts Pseudomonas aeruginosa Burkholderia cepacia Stenotrophomonas maltophilia 9 Anaerobic Bacteria Interesting Facts Clostridium tetani Clostridium botulinum Clostridium perfringens Clostridium difficile Bacteroides fragilis 10 Spiral-ShapedBacteria Interesting Facts Campylobacter jejuni Helicobacter pylori Treponema pallidum Borrelia burgdorferi Leptospira Species 11 Intracellular Bacteria Interesting Facts Rickettsia rickettsii Ehrlichia chaffeensis Coxiella burnetii Chlamydia trachomatis SECTION Ⅲ Viruses 12 Introduction to Viruses Overview Classification Role in Disease Antiviral Agents 13 Human Immunodeficiency Viruses Interesting Facts Human Immunodejiciency Virus（HIV-1） 14 Human Herpesviruses Interesting Facts Herpes Simplex Virus Types 1 and 2 Varicella-Zoster Virus Cytomegalovirus Epstein-Barr Virus Human Herpesviruses 6 7 and 8 15 Respiratory Virusesll Interesting Facts Rhinoviruses Coronaviruses Influenza Viruses Paramyxoviridae Parainfluenza Viruses Respiratory Syncytial Virus Human Metapneumovirus Adenovirus 16 Hepatitis Viruses Interesting Facts Hepatitis A Virus Hepatitis B and D Viruses Hepatitis C Virus Hepatitis E Virus 17 Gastrointestinal Viruses Interesting Facts Rotavirus Norovirus and Sapovirus Astrovirus Adenovirus SECTIONIV Fungi 18 Introduction to Fungi Overview Classification Role in Disease Antifungal Agents 19 Cutaneous and Subcutaneous Fungi Interesting Facts Dermatophytosis Fungal Keratitis Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichosis Other Subcutaneous Infections 20 Systemic Dimorphic Fungi Interesting Facts Blastomyces dermatitidis Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii Histoplasma capsulatum 21 OpportunisticFungi Interesting Facts Candida albicans and Related Species Cryptococcus neoformans Miscellaneous Yeastlike Fungi Aspergillus fumigatus Miscellaneous Opportunistic Molds SECTION Ⅴ Parasites 22 Introduction to Parasites Overview Classification Role in Disease Antiparasitic Agents 23 Protozoa Interesting Facts Intestinal Amoeba Coccidia Flagellates Free-Living Amoeba Blood and Tissue Protozoa 24 Nematodes Interesting Facts Intestinal Nematodes Blood Nematodes Tissue Nematodes 25 Trematodes Interesting Facts Intestinal Trematode Tissue Trematodes Blood Trematodes 26 Cestodes Interesting Facts Intestinal Cestodes Tissue Cestodes 27 Arthropods SECTION Ⅵ Review Questions Questions Answers Index