PART I. BASIC BACTERIOLOGY
Chapter 1. Bacteria Compared with Other Microorganisms
Chapter 2. Structure of Bacterial Cells
Chapter 5. Classification of Medically Important Bacteria
Chapter 9. Laboratory Diagnosis
Chapter 10. Antimicrobial Drugs: Mechanism of Action
Chapter 11. Antimicrobial Drugs: Resistance
Chapter 12. Bacterial Vaccines
Chapter 13. Sterilization & Disinfection
PART II. CLINICAL BACTERIOLOGY
Chapter 14. Overview of the Major Pathogens & Introduction to Anaerobic Bacteria
Chapter 15. Gram-Positive Cocci
Chapter 16. Gram-Negative Cocci
Chapter 17. Gram-Positive Rods
Chapter 18. Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Enteric Tract
Chapter 19. Gram-Negative Rods Related to the Respiratory Tract
Chapter 20. Gram-Negative Rods Related to Animal Sources (Zoonotic Organisms)
Chapter 27. Minor Bacterial Pathogens
Chapter 30. Genetics & Gene Therapy
Chapter 31. Classification of Medically Important Viruses
Chapter 34. Laboratory Diagnosis
PART IV. CLINICAL VIROLOGY
Chapter 37. DNA Enveloped Viruses
Chapter 38. DNA Nonenveloped Viruses
Chapter 39. RNA Enveloped Viruses
Chapter 40. RNA Nonenveloped Viruses
Chapter 44. Slow Viruses & Prions
Chapter 45. Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Chapter 46. Minor Viral Pathogens
PART V. MYCOLOGY
Chapter 48. Cutaneous & Subcutaneous Mycoses
Chapter 50. Opportunistic Mycoses
Chapter 51. Intestinal & Urogenital Protozoa
Chapter 52. Blood & Tissue Protozoa
Chapter 53. Minor Protozoan Pathogens
PART VII. IMMUNOLOGY
Chapter 58. Cellular Basis of the Immune Response
Chapter 61. Cell-Mediated Immunity
Chapter 62. Major Histocompatibility Complex & Transplantation
Chapter 64. Antigen-Antibody Reactions in the Laboratory
Chapter 65. Hypersensitivity (Allergy)
Chapter 66. Tolerance & Autoimmune Disease
PART VIII. ECTOPARASITES
Chapter 69. Ectoparasites That Cause Human Disease
PART IX. INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Chapter 70. Bone and Joint Infections
Chapter 71. Cardiac Infections
Chapter 72. Central Nervous System Infections
Chapter 73. Gastrointestinal Tract Infections
Chapter 75. Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
Chapter 76. Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
Chapter 77. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Chapter 78. Urinary Tract Infections
PART X. BRIEF SUMMARIES OF MEDICALLY IMPORTANT ORGANISMS
PART XII. PEARLS FOR THE USMLE
PART XIII. USMLE (NATIONAL BOARD) PRACTICE QUESTIONS
PART XIV. USMLE (NATIONAL BOARD) PRACTICE EXAMINATION