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.
Contents
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
Organism index
About the Author
- Tom Elliott is Consultant Medical Microbiologist at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
- Anna Casey is Clinical Research Scientist in the Department of Clinical Microbiology at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
- Peter Lambert is Professor of Microbiology in the School of Life and Health Sciences at Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
- Jonathan Sandoe is Consultant Microbiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Book Details
- Paperback: 328 pages
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 5 edition (November 22, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1444334654
- ISBN-13: 978-1444334654
- Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.6 x 0.6 inches
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