Medical Microbiology

perfringens 221
diagnosis 63 8, 653
toxin 16
tetani 22 0, 248 – 250
diagnosis 24 8, 646
epidemiology 249
pathogenesis 248
prophylaxis 249 – 250
therapy 248
toxin 1 6, 248
seealsoTetanus
Cloxacillin 193
Clumpingfactortest 233
Cobravenomfactor 140
Cocci 149
Coccidea 477
Coccidioidesimmitis(coc-
cidioidomycosis)354, 360
clinicalpicture 360
culture 360
diagnosis 36 0,633,
644
epidemiology 360
morphology 360
pathogenesis 360
therapy 360
Code 179
Codon 179
Colistin 194
Colitis
antibiotic-associated
251
chronic 503
hemorrhagic 294
pseudomembranous
246, 251
clinicalcourse 251
diagnosis 251 , 638
Colonization 10
resistance 24 – 25
Colonizingfactors(CFA)
293
Coloradotickfever 456
Coltiviruses 456
Combinationtherapy
205 – 206
Combiningsite 140
Commensals9, 24 – 25
Commoncold(rhinitis)
438, 447 , 630
Commonsheeptick
607 – 610
Community-acquired
pneumonia 633
Complementfixationtest
(CFT) 125
Complementsystem
86 – 90, 140

alternativeactivation 87 ,

88 – 89, 139

classicactivation86,

87 ,88

controlproteins 89

resistanceto 13

Complementation 391

ConcanavalinA 140

Condylomataacuminata

414

Conidia 351

Conjugation 171 , 175 – 177 ,

180

Conjugationpili 1 58, 181

Conjunctivitis 303

diagnosis 655

inclusion336, 339

swimming-pool336,

339

viral 416

Connatallisteriosis 253

Connectivetissueinfec-

tions 650 – 653

seealsospecificinfections

Contamination 10

Contracecum 604

Coombstest 124 – 125

Coproantigendetection

50 6, 622

Coproscopicdiagnosis 503

Corepressor 179

Coronaviruses 383 ,

446 – 448

clinicalpicture 447

diagnosis 4 46, 447

gastrointestinaltract

638

respiratorytract630,

634

epidemiology 447 – 448

pathogenesis 447

pathogens 446

replication 447

Corynebacterium

diphtheriae 221 ,

255 – 258

culture 255 – 256

diagnosis 256 – 257 ,

631

epidemiology

257 – 258

morphology 255

pathogenesis 256

toxin 1 6, 256

seealsoDiphtheria

jeikeium 261

pseudodiphtheriticum

261

ulcerans 261

xerosis 261

Cotrimoxazole 194

Cowpox 428

Coxiellaburnetii28, 227 ,

330, 332

diagnosis 633

transmission28, 331

seealsoQfever

Coxsackievirus

clinicalsyndromes 436

diagnosis 63 0, 653

groupA435, 436

groupB 436

Creepingeruption 617

diagnosis 652

seealsoCutaneouslarva

migrans(CLM)

Creutzfeldt-Jakobdisease

(CJD)342, 473 – 474

epidemiology 474

newvariant(nvCJD) 47 3,

474

Croup 631

Cryoglobulin 140

Cryptococcusneoformans

(cryptococcosis)354,

366 – 367

clinicalpicture 366 – 367

culture 366

diagnosis 366

cardiovascularsystem

647

nervoussystem 64 4,

645

respiratorytract 633

epidemiology 367

morphology 366

pathogenesis 366 – 367

pulmonarycryptococ-

cosis 367

therapy 367

Cryptosporidium(cryptos-

poridiosis) 517 – 520

baileyi 517

canis 517

clinicalmanifestations

51 8–5 19

immunocompetent

persons 518

immunodeficientper-

sons 518 – 519

diagnosis 504 – 50 5, 51 9,

625, 639

stoolspecimenhand-

ling 621

epidemiology 518

transmission29, 518

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