Medical Microbiology and Infection

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 practiceNew chapters covering Diagnosis of Infections and Epidemiology and Prevention & Management of InfectionsIntegrated full–colour illustrations and clinical imagesA 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.

Spis treści:
Preface
Contributors
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 respir atory 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

Nota biograficzna:
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

Okładka tylna:
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 practiceNew chapter s covering Diagnosis of Infections and Epidemiology and Prevention & Management of InfectionsIntegrated full–colour illustrations and clinical imagesA 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.