Medical Microbiology: a guide to microbial infections : pathogenesis, immunity, laboratory diagnosis and control / Edited by David Greenwood, Richard C. B. Slack, John F. Peutherer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART 1 MICROBIAL BIOLOGY Microbiology and Medicine. Morphology and nature of micro-organisms. Classification and identification of micro-organisms. Bacterial growth and physiology. Antimicrobial Agents. Bacterial genetics. Sterilization and disinfection. Bacterial pathogenicity. Virus-cell interactions: antiviral agents. PART 2 INFECTION AND IMMUNITY Immunological priniciples: antigens and antigen recognition. Innate and acquired immunity. Immunity in viral infections. Parasitic infections: pathogenesis and immunity. Immunity in bacterial infections. PART 3 BACTERIAL PATHOGENS AND ASSOCIATED DISEASES Staphylococcus. Steptococcus and enterococcus. Coryneform bacteria, listeria and erysipelothrix. Mycobacterium. Enviromental mycobacteria. Actinomyces, nocardia and tropheryma. Bacillus. Clostridium. Neisseria and moraxella (branhamella). Salmonella. Shigella. Escherichia. Klebsiella, enterobacter, proteus and other enterobacteria. Pseudomonads and non-fermenters. Campylobacter and helicobacter. Vibrio, mobiluncus, gardnerella and spirillum. Haemophilus. Bordetella. Legionella. Brucella, bartonella and streptobacillus. Yersinia, pasturella and francisella. Non-sporing anaerobes. Treponema and borrelia. Leptospira. Chlamydia. Rickettsia, orientia, ehrlichia and coxiella. Mycoplasmas. PART 4 VIRAL PATHOGENS AND ASSOCIATED DISEASES Adenoviruses. Herpesviruses. Poxviruses. Papovaviruses. Hepadnaviruses. Hepadnaviruses. Parvoviruses. Picornaviruses. Orthomyxoviruses. Paramyxoviruses. Arboviruses: alphaviruses, flaviviruses and bunyaviruses. Togavirus and hepaciviruses. Arenaviruses and filoviruses. Reoviruses. Retroviruses. Caliciviruses and astroviruses. Coronaviruses. Rhabdoviruses. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (prion disease). PART 5 FUNAL PATHOGENS, PARASITIC INFECTIONS AND MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY Fungi. Protozoa. Helminths. Arthropods PART 6 DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF INFECTION Infective syndromes. Diagnostic procedures. Strategy of antimicrobial chemotherapy. Epidemiology and control of community infections. Hospital infections. Immunization.

Summary: Divided into six sections such as: Microbial biology; infection and immunity; bacterial pathogens and associated diseases; viral pathogens and associated diseases; fungal pathogens and parasitic infections; and, diagnosis, treatment and control of infection. This book provides an organism-based systematic coverage of microbiology.