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Medical microbiology concerns the nature, distribution and activities of microbes and how they impact on health and wellbeing, most particularly as agents of infection. Infections remain a major global cause of mortality and in most hospitals around one in ten of those admitted will suffer from an infection acquired during their stay. The evolution of microbes presents a massive challenge to modern medicine and public health. The constant changes in viruses such as influenza, HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and SARS demand vigilance and insight into the underlying process.

Building on the huge success of previous editions, Medical Microbiology 18/e will inform and inspire a new generation of readers. Now fully revised and updated, initial sections cover the basic biology of microbes, infection and immunity and are followed by a systematic review of infective agents, their associated diseases and their control. A final integrating section addresses the essential principles of diagnosis, treatment and management. An unrivalled collection of international contributors continues to ensure the relevance of the book worldwide and complementary access to the complete online version on Student Consult further enhances the learning experience.

Medical Microbiology is explicitly geared to clinical practice and is an ideal textbook for medical and biomedical students and specialist trainees. It will also prove invaluable to medical laboratory scientists and all other busy professionals who require a clear, current and most trusted guide to this fascinating field.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Part 1 Microbial Biology
• 1 Microbiology and medicine
• 2 Morphology and nature of micro-organisms
• 3 Classification, identification and typing of micro-organisms
• 4 Bacterial growth, physiology and death
• 5 Antimicrobial agents
• 6 Bacterial genetics
• 7 Virus-cell interactions
• Part 2 Infection and Immunity
• 8 Immunological principles: antigens and antigen recognition
• 9 Innate and acquired immunity
• 10 Immunity in viral infections
• 11 Parasitic infections: pathogenesis and immunity
• 12 Immunity in bacterial infections
• 13 Bacterial pathogenicity
• 14 The natural history of infection
• Part 3 Bacterial Pathogens And Associated Diseases
• 15 Staphylococcus
• 16 Streptococcus and enterococcus
• 17 Coryneform bacteria, listeria and erysipelothrix
• 18 Mycobacterium
• 19 Environmental mycobacteria
• 20 Actinomyces, nocardia and tropheryma
• 21 Bacillus
• 22 Clostridium
• 23 Neisseria and moraxella
• 24 Salmonella
• 25 Shigella Bacillary dysentery
• 26 Escherichia
• 27 Klebsiella, enterobacter, proteus and other enterobacteria
• 28 Pseudomonads and non-fermenters
• 29 Campylobacter and helicobacter
• 30 Vibrio, mobiluncus, gardnerella and spirillum
• 31 Haemophilus
• 32 Bordetella
• 33 Legionella Legionnaires' disease; Pontiac fever
• 34 Brucella, bartonella and streptobacillus
• 35 Yersinia, pasteurella and francisella
• 36 Non-sporing anaerobes
• 37 Treponema and borrelia
• 38 LeptospiraLeptospirosis; Weil's disease
• 39 Chlamydia Genital and ocular infections; infertility; atypical pneumonia
• 40 Rickettsia, orientia, ehrlichia, anaplasma and coxiella
• 41 Mycoplasmas Atypical pneumonia; genital tract infection
• Part 4 Viral Pathogens and Associated Diseases
• 42 Adenoviruses Respiratory disease; conjunctivitis; gut infections
• 43 Herpesviruses
• 44 Poxviruses
• 45 Papillomaviruses and polyomaviruses
• 46 Hepadnaviruses Hepatitis B infection; deltavirus infection
• 47 Parvoviruses B19 infection; erythema infectiosum
• 48 Picornaviruses
• 49 Orthomyxoviruses Influenza
• 50 Paramyxoviruses Respiratory infections; mumps; measles; Hendra/Nipah disease
• 51 Arboviruses: alphaviruses, flaviviruses and bunyaviruses
• 52 Togavirus and hepacivirus Rubella; hepatitis C and E viruses
• 53 Arenaviruses and filoviruses
• 54 Reoviruses Gastro-enteritis
• 55 Retroviruses Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; lymphoma
• 56 Caliciviruses and astroviruses Diarrhoeal disease
• 57 Coronaviruses Upper respiratory tract disease
• 58 Rhabdoviruses Rabies
• 59 Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (prion diseases)
• Part 5 Fungal Pathogens, Parasitic Infections and Medical Entomology
• 60 Fungi Superficial, subcutaneous and systemic mycoses
• 61 Protozoa Malaria; toxoplasmosis; cryptosporidiosis; amoebiasis; trypanosomiasis; leishmaniasis; giardiasis; trichomoniasis
• 62 Helminths Intestinal worm infections; filariasis; schistosomiasis; hydatid disease
• 63 Arthropods Arthropod-borne diseases; ectoparasitic infections; allergy
• Part 6 Diagnosis, Treatment and Control of Infection
• 64 Infective syndromes
• 65 Diagnostic procedures
• 66 Strategy of antimicrobial chemotherapy
• 67 Epidemiology and control of community infections
• 68 Hospital infection
• 69 Immunization
• Index