Microbiology

  1. Disease Principles and Epidemiology
    1. Host-Microbe Interactions
      1. Normal Microbiota
        1. Colonization Sites
          1. Beneficial Functions
            1. Competitive Exclusion
              1. Immune System Development
              2. Opportunistic Pathogens
                1. Compromised Host Defense
                  1. Nosocomial Infections
                    1. Immunocompromised Patients
                  2. Infectious Disease Etiology
                    1. Koch's Postulates
                      1. Original Postulates
                        1. Modern Modifications
                          1. Molecular Koch's Postulates
                          2. Multifactorial Diseases
                            1. Emerging Infectious Diseases
                            2. Disease Classification
                              1. Communicable Diseases
                                1. Person-to-Person Transmission
                                  1. Contagious Diseases
                                  2. Noncommunicable Diseases
                                    1. Environmental Sources
                                      1. Non-transmissible
                                      2. Disease Duration
                                        1. Acute Diseases
                                          1. Chronic Diseases
                                            1. Latent Diseases
                                          2. Disease Development
                                            1. Infection Process
                                              1. Incubation Period
                                                1. Prodromal Period
                                                  1. Period of Illness
                                                    1. Period of Decline
                                                      1. Convalescence Period
                                                      2. Disease Severity
                                                        1. Subclinical Infections
                                                          1. Clinical Disease
                                                            1. Complications
                                                            2. Disease Outcomes
                                                              1. Recovery
                                                                1. Chronic Infection
                                                                  1. Death
                                                                2. Disease Transmission
                                                                  1. Reservoirs of Infection
                                                                    1. Human Reservoirs
                                                                      1. Animal Reservoirs
                                                                        1. Environmental Reservoirs
                                                                        2. Transmission Routes
                                                                          1. Direct Contact
                                                                            1. Indirect Contact
                                                                              1. Droplet Transmission
                                                                                1. Airborne Transmission
                                                                                  1. Vehicle Transmission
                                                                                    1. Vector-Borne Transmission
                                                                                    2. Portal of Entry
                                                                                      1. Respiratory Tract
                                                                                        1. Gastrointestinal Tract
                                                                                          1. Genitourinary Tract
                                                                                            1. Skin and Mucous Membranes
                                                                                              1. Parenteral Route
                                                                                            2. Epidemiological Studies
                                                                                              1. Descriptive Epidemiology
                                                                                                1. Person, Place, Time
                                                                                                  1. Disease Patterns
                                                                                                  2. Analytical Epidemiology
                                                                                                    1. Case-Control Studies
                                                                                                      1. Cohort Studies
                                                                                                        1. Risk Factors
                                                                                                        2. Experimental Epidemiology
                                                                                                          1. Clinical Trials
                                                                                                            1. Intervention Studies
                                                                                                            2. Disease Surveillance
                                                                                                              1. Notifiable Diseases
                                                                                                                1. Outbreak Investigation
                                                                                                                  1. Public Health Response
                                                                                                                2. Healthcare-Associated Infections
                                                                                                                  1. Nosocomial Infections
                                                                                                                    1. Hospital Environment
                                                                                                                      1. Medical Devices
                                                                                                                        1. Surgical Procedures
                                                                                                                        2. Infection Control
                                                                                                                          1. Standard Precautions
                                                                                                                            1. Isolation Procedures
                                                                                                                              1. Hand Hygiene
                                                                                                                                1. Sterilization and Disinfection

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