Bookedited by Michael R. Barer, Will Irving, Andrew Swann, Nelun Perera.
Summary: "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.
Contents:
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.