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

Previous ed.: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CONTENTS
PART 1 MICROBIAL BIOLOGY
1. Microbiology and medicine / M.R. Barer --
2. Morphology and nature of micro-organisms / M.R. Barer --
3. Classification, identification and typing of micro-organisms / M.R. Barer --
4. Bacterial growth, physiology and death / M.R. Barer --
5. Antimicrobial agents / W.L. Irving --
6. Bacterial genetics / K.J. Towner --
7. Virus-cell interactions / M. Norval --
PART 2 INFECTION AND IMMUNITY
8. Immunological principles: Antigens and antigen recognition / J. Stewart --
9. Innate and acquired immunity / J. Stewart --
10. Immunity in viral infections / J. Stewart --
11. Parasitic infections: Pathogenesis and immunity / J. Stewart --
12. Immunity in bacterial infections / J. Stewart --
13. Bacterial pathogenicity / K.G. Wooldridge --
14. The natural history of infection / M.R. Barer --
PART 3 BACTERIAL PATHOGENS AND ASSOCIATED DISEASES
15. Staphylococcus Note continued: Skin infections; osteomyelitis; bloodstream infection; food poisoning; foreign body infections; MRSA / H. Humphreys --
16. Streptococcus and enterococcus -- Pharyngitis; scarlet fever; skin and soft tissue infections; streptococcal toxic shock syndrome; pneumonia; meningitis; urinary tract infections; rheumatic fever; post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis / M. Kilian --
17. Coryneform bacteria, listeria and erysipelothrix / P. Riegel -- Diphtheria; listeriosis; erysipeloid --
18. Mycobacterium -- Tuberculosis; leprosy / J.M. Grange --
19. Environmental mycobacteria -- Opportunist disease / J.M. Grange --
20. Actinomyces, nocardia and tropheryma -- Actinomycosis; nocardiasis; Whipple's disease / J.M. Grange --
21. Bacillus Anthrax; food poisoning / H.S. Atkins --
22. Clostridium -- Gas gangrene; tetanus; food poisoning; pseudomembranous colitis / T.V. Riley --
23. Neisseria and moraxella Note continued: Meningitis; septicaemia; gonorrhoea; respiratory infections / D.A.A. Ala'Aldeen --
24. Salmonella -- Food poisoning; enteric fever / H. Chart --
25. Shigella -- Bacillary dysentery / H. Chart --
26. Escherichia -- Urinary tract infection; travellers' diarrhoe; haemorrhagic colitis; haemolytie uraemic syndrome / H. Chart --
27. Klebsiella, enterobacter, proteus and other enterobacteria Pneumonia; urinary tract infection; opportunist infection / H. Chart --
28. Pseudomonads and non-fermenters Opportunist infection; cystic fibrosis; melioidosis / J.R.W. Govan --
29. Campylobacter and helicobacter Enteritis; polyneuropathy; gastritis; peptic ulcer disease; gastric cancer / A.H.M. van Vliet --
30. Vibrio, mobiluncus, gardnerella and spirillum -- Cholera; vaginosis; rat bite fever / H. Chart --
31. Haemophilus Respiratory infections; meningitis; chancroid / M.P.E. Slack --
32. Bordetella -- Whooping cough / N.W. Preston --
33. Legionella Note continued: Legionnaires' disease; Pontiac fever / G.F.S. Edwards --
34. Brucella, bartonella and streptobacillus -- Brucellosis; Oroya fever; trench fever; cat scratch disease; bacillary angiomatosis; rat bite fever / M.J. Corbel --
35. Yersinia, pasteurella and francisella -- Plague; pseudotuberculosis; mesenteric adenitis; pasteurellosis; tularaemia / M.J. Corbel --
36. Non-sporing anaerobes Wound infection; periodontal disease; abscess; normal flora / R.P. Allaker --
37. Treponema and borrelia -- Syphilis; yaws; relapsing fever; Lyme disease / A. Cockayne --
38. Leptospira Leptospirosis; Weil's disease / M. Picardeau --
39. Chlamydia -- Genital and ocular infections; infertility; atypical pneumonia / R.W. Peeling --
40. Rickettsia, orientia, ehrlichia, anaplasma and coxiella Typhus; spotted fevers; scrub typhus; ehrlichioses; Q fever / Xue-Jie Yu --
41. Mycoplasmas -- Respiratory and genital tract infections / D. Taylor-Robinson Note continued:
PART 4 VIRAL PATHOGENS AND ASSOCIATED DISEASES --
42. Adenoviruses Respiratory disease; conjunctivitis; gut infections / C.R. Madeley --
43. Herpesviruses -- Herpes simplex; varicella and zoster; infectious mononucleosis; B cell lymphomas; cytomegalovirus disease; exanthem subitum; Kaposi's sarcoma; herpes B / M.M. Ogilvie --
44. Poxviruses -- Smallpox; molluscum contagiosum; parapoxvirus infections / T.H. Pennington --
45. Papillomaviruses and polyomaviruses Warts: warts and cancers; polyomavirus associated nephropathy; progressive multifocal leuco-encephalopathy / C.Y.W. Jong --
46. Hepadnaviruses -- Hepatitis B virus infection; hepatitis delta virus infection / C.Y.W. Jong --
47. Parvoviruses B19 infection; erythema infectiosum / P.J. Molyneaux --
48. Picornaviruses -- Meningitis; paralysis; rashes; intercostal myositis; myocarditis; infectious hepatitis; common cold / S.M. Burns --
49. Orthomyxoviruses -- Influenza / M. Zambon --
50. Paramyxoviruses Note continued: Respiratory infections; mumps; measles; Hendra/Nipah disease / C.R. Madeley --
51. Arboviruses: alphaviruses, flaviviruses and bunyaviruses -- Encephalitis; yellow fever; dengue; haemorrhagic fever; miscellaneous tropical fevers; undifferentiated fever / S.C. Weaver --
52. Hepaciviruses and hepeviruses Hepatitis C and E viruses; non-A, non-B hepatitis / P. Simmonds --
53. Arenaviruses and filoviruses Viral haemorrhagic fevers / D. Falzarano --
54. Reoviruses Gastroenteritis / O. Nakagomi --
55. Retroviruses Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; HTLV-1 / Y.A. Taha --
56. Caliciviruses and astroviruses Diarrhoeal disease / W.D. Cubitt --
57. Coronaviruses / J.S.M. Peiris --
58. Rhabdoviruses / A.R. Fooks --
59. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (prion diseases) Scrapie; bovine spongiform encephalopathy ;Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease / J.W. Ironside --
PART 5 FUNGAL PATHOGENS, PARASITIC INFECTIONS AND MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY --
60. Fungi -- Superficial, subcutaneous and systemic mycoses / D.W. Warnock --
61. Protozoa -- Malaria; toxoplasmosis; cryptosporidiosis; amoebiasis; trypanosomiasis; leishmaniasis; giardiasis; trichomoniasis / D. Greenwood --
62. Helminths -- Intestinal worm infections; filariasis; schistosomiasis; hydatid disease / D. Greenwood --
63. Arthropods -- Arthropod-borne diseases; ectoparasitic infections; allergy / R.C. Russell --
PART 6 DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF INFECTION --
64. Infective syndromes / R.C.B. Slack --
65. Diagnostic procedures / R.C.B. Slack --
66. Strategy of antimicrobial chemotherapy / R.C.B. Slack --
67. Epidemiology and control of community infections / D. Goldberg --
68. Hospital infection / R.C.B. Slack --
69. Immunization / R.C.B. Slack.

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