Medical Microbiology

334 4 BacteriaasHumanPathogens BartonellaandAfipia Bartonella Classification.ThegenusBartonellaincludes,amongothers,thespecies B ...

Chlamydia 335 Diagnosis.Specialstainingtechniquesareusedtorenderbartonellaevisible underthemicroscopeintissuespecimens.Growthinc ...

336 4 BacteriaasHumanPathogens C.trachomatisisfoundonlyinhumans.Thisspeciescausesthefollowing diseases: 1 .Trachoma,achronicfoll ...

Chlamydia 337 Culture.Chlamydiaeexploitenergymetabolismprocessesintheirhostcells thattheythemselvesarelacking(ATPsynthesis).Fort ...

338 4 BacteriaasHumanPathogens thistestwouldalsohaveapositiveresultinthepresenceofotherchlamydial infections.Theantibodytestofch ...

Chlamydia 339 begrownincellcultures.Thetherapeuticmethodofchoiceissystemicand localapplicationoftetracyclinesoveraperiodofsevera ...

340 4 BacteriaasHumanPathogens probablyamongthemostfrequenthumanchlamydialinfections.Serological studieshavedemonstratedantibodi ...

Mycoplasma 341 contrasttoallotherbacteria,mycoplasmaspossessnorigidcellwall.Flagel- lae,fimbriae,pili,andcapsulesarelackingaswel ...

342 4 BacteriaasHumanPathogens Incidenceisparticularlyhighbetweentheagesoffiveand 15 years.About 10 – 20 %ofallpneumoniascontrac ...

NosocomialInfections 343 Table4. 17 RelativeFrequencyofCausativePathogensinNosocomialInfections (arrangedaccordingtothepathogenf ...

344 4 BacteriaasHumanPathogens Therearenoreliablefiguresavailableonviralnosocomialinfections.Arough estimateputsviralnosocomiali ...

NosocomialInfections 345 hospital.Theprevalenceofnosocomialinfectionsincreaseswiththesizeof thehospital.Withinaparticularhospita ...

346 4 BacteriaasHumanPathogens definitionofmeasuresrequiredtoimproveinfectioncontrolbyissuingbind- ingguidelines,cooperationinth ...

III Mycology Absidiacorymbifera Kayser, Medical Microbiology © 2005 Thieme ...

5 GeneralMycology F.H.Kayser GeneralCharacteristicsofFungi &Fungiareeukaryoticmicroorganisms(domaineucarya)thatoccurubiqui- ...

GeneralCharacteristicsofFungi 349 Thetaxonomyofthefungiisessentiallybasedontheirmorphology.In medicalmycology,fungiareclassified ...

350 5 GeneralMycology &Mycelium:thisisthewebormatlikestructureofhyphae.Substratemy- celia(specializedfornutrition)penetratei ...

GeneralCharacteristicsofFungi 351 Metabolism Allfungiarecarbonheterotrophs,whichmeanstheyaredependentonexo- genousnutrientsubstr ...

352 5 GeneralMycology sexualspores:zygospores,ascospores,andbasidiospores.Sexualsporesare onlyrarelyproducedinthetypesoffungitha ...

GeneralAspectsofFungalDisease 353 chialasthma,orallergicalveolitis.Manyoftheseallergicreactionsarecerti- fiedoccupationaldisease ...