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1 Chapter 1Table I‐1 Selected outbreak‐causing respiratory pathogens
2 Chapter 2Table II‐1 Selected outbreak‐causing pathogens of the GI tractTable II‐3 Comparison of activities at the fair of cases and controlsTable II‐15 Characteristics of patients with listeriosis associated with past...Table II‐17 Comparison of case patients with control subjects among participa...Table II‐18 Crude ORs of potential risk factors for the development of CDI ri...
3 Chapter 3Table III‐1 Selected STD‐causing pathogensTable III‐8a Final diagnosis in female military personnel seeking gynecologic...Table III‐8b Chief complaints in female military personnel seeking gynecologi...Table III‐9 HSV‐2 seropositivity among case patients and controlsa
4 Chapter 4Table IV‐1 Selected outbreak‐causing pathogens of skin and soft tissueTable IV‐13 Demographic and clinical data of patientsaTable IV‐15 Characteristics of tattoo‐associated MRSA skin infection clusters
5 Chapter 5Table V‐9 Clinical and laboratory findings on hospital admission and treatmen...Table V‐11 Case‐control study resultsa
6 Chapter 6Table VI‐9 Summary of four cases of Hib meningitisa
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1Figure I‐1a Micrograph of direct fluorescent‐antibody assay of L. pneumophil...Figure I‐1b L. pneumophila growing on charcoal‐yeast extract agar.Figure I‐2 Direct fluorescent‐antibody assay for respiratory syncytial virus...Figure I‐3a Acid‐fast stain of the pathogen.Figure I‐3b Chest X ray of a patient with tuberculosis.Figure I‐4a Growth of the pathogen on blood agar.Figure I‐4b Gram stain of the pathogen.Figure I‐5a Maculopapular rash.Figure I‐5b Koplik spots on the buccal mucosa.Figure I‐6a Chest radiograph of a patient with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome...Figure I‐6b Transmission electron micrograph of Sin Nombre virus.Figure I‐6c A deer mouse.Figure I‐7 Gram stain of the pathogen.Figure I‐8 Transmission electron micrograph of Mycoplasma.Figure I‐9a Chest X ray of a patient with pneumonia.Figure I‐9b Growth of the pathogen on blood agar.Figure I‐11a Gram stain of the pathogen.Figure I‐11b Growth of the pathogen on blood agar.Figure I‐12a Maculopapular rash.Figure I‐12b Koplik spots on the buccal mucosa.Figure I‐13 Cases of pharyngoconjunctival fever by date of disease onset (ac...Figure I‐16 Number of mumps cases by week of illness onset.Figure I‐17 DPT vaccination coverage in Cali for children <1 year old.
2 Chapter 2Figure II‐1a Growth of the pathogen on MacConkey agar.Figure II‐1b Growth of the pathogen on Hektoen enteric agar.Figure II‐2 Light micrograph of an acid‐fast stain of a fecal smear.Figure II‐3a Gram stain of the bloody‐diarrhea‐causing pathogen.Figure II‐3b Growth of the pathogen on sorbitol MacConkey agar.Figure II‐4 Light micrograph of a fecal smear.Figure II‐5a Rose‐colored macular rash.Figure II‐5b Growth of the pathogen on Hektoen enteric agar.Figure II‐6 Light micrograph of a fecal smear.Figure II‐7a Growth of the pathogen on MacConkey agar.Figure II‐7b Light micrograph of a fecal sample.Figure II‐8 Gram stain of the pathogen.Figure II‐9 Transmission electron micrograph of rotavirus.Figure II‐10a Gram stain of the pathogen.Figure II‐10b Growth on MacConkey agar.Figure II‐11 Transmission electron micrograph of the pathogen.Figure II‐12a Transmission electron micrograph of the pathogen.Figure II‐12b Rapid test for rotavirus.Figure II‐13a Stool sample.Figure II‐13b Dehydration caused by cholera.Figure II‐13c Flagellar stain of the pathogen.Figure II‐14 Number of cases of diarrheal illness caused by infection with S...Figure II‐16a Gram stain of the pathogen.Figure II‐16b Growth of the pathogen on sorbitol MacConkey agar.Figure II‐17 Number of cases of illness among participants in a long‐distanc...
3 Chapter 3Figure III‐1 Dark‐field microscopy of the pathogen.Figure III‐2a Ulcer resulting from the pathogen.Figure III‐2b Gram stain of an ulcer scraping.Figure III‐3 Transmission electron micrograph of HIV.Figure III‐4a Gram stain of pus discharge.Figure III‐4b Pus discharge from urethra.Figure III‐5a Genital warts.Figure III‐5b Cervical cancer.Figure III‐5c Incidence of localized invasive cervical cancer among Hispanic...Figure III‐5d Incidence of advanced invasive cervical cancer among Hispanic ...Figure III‐6 Positive DFA assay for C. trachomatis.Figure III‐7a Ulcer on the penis.Figure III‐7b Silver‐stained micrograph of tissue infected by the pathogen....Figure III‐10a Syphilis chancre.Figure III‐10b Pus discharge associated with gonorrhea.Figure III‐11a A baby abandoned by his parents in a home for young HIV‐infec...Figure III‐11b A student at a primary school in Africa where about one‐third...
4 Chapter 4Figure IV‐1a Folliculitis.Figure IV‐1b Gram stain of the pathogen.Figure IV‐2a Skin lesion.Figure IV‐2b Light micrograph of the pathogen (magnification, ×1,125).Figure IV‐3a Conjunctivitis.Figure IV‐3b Colony morphology on blood agar.Figure IV‐3c Gram stain of the pathogen.Figure IV‐4a Koplik spots on the buccal mucosa.Figure IV‐4b Maculopapular rash.Figure IV‐5a Growth of the pathogen on blood agar.Figure IV‐5b Gram stain of the pathogen.Figure IV‐6a Growth of the pathogen on blood agar.Figure IV‐6b Gram stain of the pathogen.Figure IV‐7 Vesicular rash. CDC, PHIL, 4493, 1975.Figure IV‐8a Skin rash characteristic of rubella.Figure IV‐8b Transmission electron micrograph of the pathogen.Figure IV‐9 Cases of varicella and group A Streptococcus infection at a chil...Figure IV‐10 Light micrograph of M. fortuitum (magnification, ×400). CDC/ Dr...Figure IV‐11 Number of boils during the outbreak year.Figure IV‐12a Growth of the pathogen on mannitol salt agar.Figure IV‐12b Gram stain of the pathogen.Figure IV‐14 Growth of the pathogen on blood agar.Figure IV‐15 Pustules resulting from a MRSA skin infection in a tattoo recip...Figure IV‐16 Gram stain of the pathogen.
5 Chapter 5Figure V‐1a Rash caused by the pathogen.Figure V‐1b Body louse.Figure V‐1c Transmission electron micrograph of the intracellular pathogen....Figure V‐2 Light micrograph of parasitized erythrocytes.Figure V‐3a Blood smear showing atypical lymphocytes.Figure V‐3b Blood smear showing atypical lymphocytes. μ, micrometers.Figure V‐4a Aedes mosquito vector.Figure V‐4b Transmission electron micrograph of the viral pathogen.Figure V‐5a Rash caused by the pathogen.Figure V‐5b Dog ticks.Figure V‐6 Transmission electron micrograph of Ebola