Lecture Notes: Medical Microbiology and Infectio

Medical Microbiology and Infection Lecture Notes is ideal for medical students, junior doctors, pharmacy students, junior pharmacists, nurses, and those training in the allied health professions. It presents a thorough introduction and overview of this core subject area, and has been fully revised and updated to include:
Chapters written by leading experts reflecting current research and teaching practice
New chapters covering Diagnosis of Infections and Epidemiology and Prevention & Management of Infections
Integrated full-colour illustrations and clinical images
A self-assessment section to test understanding
Whether you need to develop your knowledge for clinical practice, or refresh that knowledge in the run up to examinations, Medical Microbiology and Infection Lecture Notes will help foster a systematic approach to the clinical situation for all medical students and hospital doctors.


Preface
Contributors

Basic microbiology

1 Basic bacteriology

2 Classification of bacteria

3 Staphylococci

4 Streptococci and enterococcci

5 Clostridia

6 Other Gram-positive bacteria

7 Gram-negative cocci

8 Enterobacteriaceae

9 Haemophilus and other fastidious Gram-negative bacteria

10 Pseudomonas, Legionella and other environmental Gram-negative bacilli

11 Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Vibrio

12 Treponema, Borrelia and Leptospira

13 Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria

14 Chlamydiaceae, Rickettsia, Coxiella, Mycoplasmataceae and Anaplasmataceae

15 Basic virology

16 Major virus groups

17 Basic mycology and classification of fungi

18 Parasitology: protozoa

19 Parasitology: helminths

Antimicrobial agents

20 Antibacterial agents

21 Antifungal agents

22 Antiviral agents Infection

23 Diagnostic laboratory methods

24 Epidemiology and prevention of infection

25 Upper respiratory tract infections

26 Lower respiratory tract infections

27 Tuberculosis and mycobacteria

28 Gastrointestinal infections

29 Liver and biliary tract infections

30 Urinary tract infections

31 Genital infections

32 Infections of the central nervous system

33 Bacteraemia and bloodstream infections

34 Device-related infections

35 Cardiovascular infections

36 Bone and joint infections

37 Skin and soft-tissue infections

38 Infections in the compromised host

39 Infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant bacteria

40 Perinatal and congenital infections

41 Human immunodeficiency virus

42 Miscellaneous viral infections

Self-assessment

Self-assessment questions

Answers to self-assessment questions

General subject index

Organism index