Essential microbiology for dentistry / Lakshman Samaranayake.

Previous edition: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction Part 1 General microbiology Bacterial structure and taxonomy Bacterial physiology and genetics Viruses and prions Pathogenesis of microbial disease Diagnostic microbiology and laboratory methods Antimicrobial chemotherapy Part 2 Basic immunology The immune system The immune response Immunity and infection Part 3 Microbes of relevance to dentistry Streptococci, staphylococci and micrococci Lactobacilli, corynebacteria and propionobacteria Actinomycetes, clostridia and bacillus species Neisseria, veillonella, parvobacteria and capnocytophaga Enterobacteria Vibrios, campylobacters and wolinella Bacteroides,Tannerella, porphyromonas and prevotella Fusobacteria, leptotrichia and spirochaetes Mycobacteria and legionellae Chlamidiae, rickettsiae and mycoplasmas Viruses of relevance to dentistry Fungi of relevance to dentistry Part 4 Infections of relevance to dentistry Infections of the respiratory tract Infections of the cardiovascular system Infections of the central nervous and locomotor systems Infections of the gastrointestinal tract Infections of the genitourinary tract Skin and wound infections Viral hepatitis Human immunodeficiency virus infection, AIDS and infections in compromised patients Part 5 Oral microbiology Normal oral flora, the oral ecosystem and dental plaque Microbiology of dental caries Microbiology of periodontal disease Dentoalveolar infections Oral mucosal and salivary gland infections Part 6 Cross infection and control Principles of infection control Infection control procedures in dentistry Answers to review questions Glossary of terms and abbreviations