Medical microbiology : a guide to microbial infections : pathogenesis, immunity, laboratory investigation and control / edited by Michael R. Barer, Will Irving, Andrew Swann, Nelun Perera.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1: Microbial biology. Microbiology and medicine -- Morphology and nature of micro-organisms -- Bacterial identification and systematics (classification, identification and typing of micro-organisms) -- Bacterial growth, physiology and death -- Antimicrobial agents and antimicrobial susceptibility testing -- Bacterial genetics -- Virus-cell interactions -- Section 2: Infection and immunity. Innate and adaptive immunity -- Immunity in infection -- Bacterial pathogenicity -- The human microbiome and the natural history of infection -- Section 3: Bacterial pathogens and associated diseases. Staphylococcus -- Streptococcus and Enterococcus -- Coryneform bacteria, Listeria and Erysipelothrix -- Bacillus -- Shigella and Escherichia -- Salmonella -- Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Proteus and other enterobacteria -- Yersinia -- Campylobacter and Helicobacter -- Vibrio -- Pseudomonads and non-fermenters -- Haemophilus -- Bordetella -- Legionella -- Neisseria and Moraxella -- Mycobacterium -- Other actinobacteria -- Clostridium -- Non-sporing anaerobes -- Brucella, Bartonella and Streptobacillus -- Treponema And Borrelia -- Leptospira: Leptospirosis; Weil's Disease -- Chlamydia -- Mycoplasmas -- Rickettsia, Orientia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma and Coxiella -- Section 4: Viral pathogens and associated diseases. Adenoviruses -- Herpesviruses -- Poxviruses -- Papillomaviruses -- Polyomaviruses -- Hepadnaviruses -- Parvoviruses -- Picornaviruses -- Orthomyxoviruses -- Paramyxoviruses -- Arboviruses: alphaviruses, flaviviruses and bunyaviruses -- Hepaciviruses -- Hepeviruses -- Arenaviruses and filoviruses -- Reoviruses -- Retroviruses -- Caliciviruses and astroviruses -- Coronaviruses -- Rhabdoviruses -- Togaviruses -- Prion diseases -- Section 5: Fungal pathogens, parasitic infections and medical entomology. Fungi -- Protozoa -- Helminths -- Arthropods -- Section 6: Diagnosis, treatment and control of infection. Infective syndromes -- Diagnostic procedures -- Molecular methods in diagnostic microbiology -- Management of antimicrobial chemotherapy -- Epidemiology and control of community infections -- Hospital infection -- Immunization.

"Medical microbiology concerns the nature, distribution and activities of microbes and their impact on health and wellbeing. In spite of the introduction of many antimicrobial agents and immunisations, we continue to face major challenges in combatting infection, not least the gathering crisis in antimicrobial resistance. Now in a fully revised and updated 19th edition, Medical Microbiology provides comprehensive coverage of infection from the microbial perspective, combining a clear introduction to key principles with a focus explicitly geared to modern clinical practice. It provides ideal coverage for medical and biomedical students - with 'Key Points' boxes throughout to highlight the essentials - and sufficient detail to also inform specialists in training"--Publisher's description

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