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Table of contents
Preface
Part 1 Concepts
1 Microbial pathogens, classification and concepts
2 Innate and acquired immunity
3 The ‘normal’ flora in health and disease,
4 Pathogenicity and pathogenesis of infectious disease
5 Making a microbiological diagnosis of infection
6 Antimicrobial therapy – principles and concepts
7 Antibacterial agents – pharmacology and modes of action
8 Antimicrobial use and stewardship
9 Emergence and detection of resistance
10 Sources and transmission of infection
11 Principles of infection control
12 Infection in the healthcare environment
13 Immunization
14 Emerging infections
15 High consequence infectious diseases and bioterrorism preparedness
Part 2 Bacteriology
16 Staphylococcus
17 Haemolytic Streptococcal infections
18 Other Gram-positive cocci and the alpha-haemolytic streptococci
19 Streptococcus pneumoniae
20 Listeria, Bacillus, non-diphtheria Corynebacterium
21 Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis
22 Mycobacterium tuberculosis
23 Non tuberculous mycobacteria and leprosy
24 Clostridium
25 Non-sporing anaerobic infections
26 Neisseria and Moraxella
27 Small Gram-negative coccobacilli: Haemophilus, Brucella, Francisella, Yersinia and Bartonella
28 Pathogenicity of enteric Gram-negative bacteria
29 Enterobacteriaceae clinical syndromes
30 Vibrio, Campylobacter and Helicobacter
31 Environmental pathogens: Pseudomonas, Burkholderia, Legionella and Acinetobacter
32 Chlamydia, Mycoplasma and Rickettsia
33 Spiral bacteria
Part 3 Virology
34 Virus structure and classification
35 Antiviral therapy
36 Herpesviruses I
37 Herpesviruses II
38 DNA viruses: adenovirus, parvovirus and poxvirus
39 Measles, mumps and rubella
40 Influenza viruses
41 Parainfluenza and other respiratory viruses
42 Enterovirus and viruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract
43 Hepatitis viruses
44 Tropical, exotic or arbovirus infections
Part 4 Mycology
45 Yeast infections
46 Filamentous fungi
47 Antifungal drugs and anti-fungal therapy
Part 5 Parasitology
48 Intestinal protozoa
49 Malaria, leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis
50 Intestinal helminths
51 Tissue helminths
Part 6 Systemic infection
52 Congenital and perinatal infections
53 HIV infection and AIDS
54 Pyrexia of unknown origin and puerperal sepsis
55 Sepsis
56 Endocarditis, myocarditis and pericarditis
57 Infections of the central nervous system
58 Acute Respiratory tract infections
59 Chronic infections of the lung and Hospital acquired pneumonia
60 Urinary and genital infections
61 Infections of the bones and joints
62 Bacterial diarrhoeal disease
63 Zoonoses
64 Infections in immunocompromised patients
65 Ocular infections
66 Infections of the skin and soft tissue
Preface
Part 1 Concepts
1 Microbial pathogens, classification and concepts
2 Innate and acquired immunity
3 The ‘normal’ flora in health and disease,
4 Pathogenicity and pathogenesis of infectious disease
5 Making a microbiological diagnosis of infection
6 Antimicrobial therapy – principles and concepts
7 Antibacterial agents – pharmacology and modes of action
8 Antimicrobial use and stewardship
9 Emergence and detection of resistance
10 Sources and transmission of infection
11 Principles of infection control
12 Infection in the healthcare environment
13 Immunization
14 Emerging infections
15 High consequence infectious diseases and bioterrorism preparedness
Part 2 Bacteriology
16 Staphylococcus
17 Haemolytic Streptococcal infections
18 Other Gram-positive cocci and the alpha-haemolytic streptococci
19 Streptococcus pneumoniae
20 Listeria, Bacillus, non-diphtheria Corynebacterium
21 Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis
22 Mycobacterium tuberculosis
23 Non tuberculous mycobacteria and leprosy
24 Clostridium
25 Non-sporing anaerobic infections
26 Neisseria and Moraxella
27 Small Gram-negative coccobacilli: Haemophilus, Brucella, Francisella, Yersinia and Bartonella
28 Pathogenicity of enteric Gram-negative bacteria
29 Enterobacteriaceae clinical syndromes
30 Vibrio, Campylobacter and Helicobacter
31 Environmental pathogens: Pseudomonas, Burkholderia, Legionella and Acinetobacter
32 Chlamydia, Mycoplasma and Rickettsia
33 Spiral bacteria
Part 3 Virology
34 Virus structure and classification
35 Antiviral therapy
36 Herpesviruses I
37 Herpesviruses II
38 DNA viruses: adenovirus, parvovirus and poxvirus
39 Measles, mumps and rubella
40 Influenza viruses
41 Parainfluenza and other respiratory viruses
42 Enterovirus and viruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract
43 Hepatitis viruses
44 Tropical, exotic or arbovirus infections
Part 4 Mycology
45 Yeast infections
46 Filamentous fungi
47 Antifungal drugs and anti-fungal therapy
Part 5 Parasitology
48 Intestinal protozoa
49 Malaria, leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis
50 Intestinal helminths
51 Tissue helminths
Part 6 Systemic infection
52 Congenital and perinatal infections
53 HIV infection and AIDS
54 Pyrexia of unknown origin and puerperal sepsis
55 Sepsis
56 Endocarditis, myocarditis and pericarditis
57 Infections of the central nervous system
58 Acute Respiratory tract infections
59 Chronic infections of the lung and Hospital acquired pneumonia
60 Urinary and genital infections
61 Infections of the bones and joints
62 Bacterial diarrhoeal disease
63 Zoonoses
64 Infections in immunocompromised patients
65 Ocular infections
66 Infections of the skin and soft tissue
Index