Lecture Notes: Medical Microbiology and Infection with Self-Test

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Description
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.

Table of Contents
Preface v
Contributors vii
Basic microbiology
1 Basic bacteriology 3
2 Classification of bacteria 12
3 Staphylococci 16
4 Streptococci and enterococcci 20
5 Clostridia 26
6 Other Gram-positive bacteria 30
7 Gram-negative cocci 36
8 Enterobacteriaceae 40
9 Haemophilus and other fastidious Gram-negative bacteria 45
10 Pseudomonas Legionella and other environmental Gram-negative bacilli 51
11 Campylobacter Helicobacter and Vibrio 54
12 Treponema Borrelia and Leptospira 58
13 Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria 62
14 Chlamydiaceae Rickettsia Coxiella Mycoplasmataceae and Anaplasmataceae 64
15 Basic virology 6
16 Major virus groups 75
17 Basic mycology and classification of fungi 93
18 Parasitology: protozoa 101
19 Parasitology: helminths 112

Antimicrobial agents
20 Antibacterial agents 127
21 Antifungal agents 144
22 Antiviral agents 147

Infection
23 Diagnostic laboratory methods 157
24 Epidemiology and prevention of infection 167
25 Upper respiratory tract infections 177
26 Lower respiratory tract infections 183
27 Tuberculosis and mycobacteria 189
28 Gastrointestinal infections 193
29 Liver and biliary tract infections 202
30 Urinary tract infections 207
31 Genital infections 210
32 Infections of the central nervous system 220
33 Bacteraemia and bloodstream infections 229
34 Device-related infections 233
35 Cardiovascular infections 238
36 Bone and joint infections 241
37 Skin and soft-tissue infections 246
38 Infections in the compromised host 257
39 Infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant bacteria 260
40 Perinatal and congenital infections 264
41 Human immunodeficiency virus 271
42 Miscellaneous viral infections 277
Self-assessment
Self-assessment questions 285
Answers to self-assessment questions 300
General subject index 309
Organism index 317