Medical Microbiology and Infection

by Elliott, Tom; Casey, Anna; Lambert, Peter A.; Sandoe, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9781444334654
• ISBN10: 1444334654
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-14
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

For its fifth edition, Lecture Notes: Medical Microbiology and Infection has been fully revised and updated to include chapters written by leading experts from the US and Europe reflecting current research, teaching, and practice. New chapters cover Diagnosis of Infections and Epidemiology and Prevention & Management of Infections. This edition features full-color illustrations and clinical images as well as a self-assessment section.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Contributors	p. vii
Basic microbiology
Basic bacteriology	p. 3
Classification of bacteria	p. 12
Staphylococci	p. 16
Streptococci and enterococcci	p. 20
Clostridia	p. 26
Other Gram-positive bacteria	p. 30
Gram-negative cocci	p. 36
Enterobacteriaceae	p. 40
Haemophilus and other fastidious Gram-negative bacteria	p. 45
Pseudomonas, Legionella and other environmental Gram-negative bacilli	p. 51
Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Vibrio	p. 54
Treponema, Borrelia and Leptospira	p. 58
Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria	p. 62
Chlamydiaceae, Rickettsia, Coxiella, Mycoplasma-taceae and Anaplasmataceae	p. 64
Basic virology	p. 69
Major virus groups	p. 75
Basic mycology and classification of fungi	p. 93
Parasitology: protozoa	p. 101
Parasitology: helminths	p. 112
Antibacterial agents	p. 127
Antifungal agents	p. 144
Antiviral agents	p. 147
Infection
Diagnostic laboratory methods	p. 157
Epidemiology and prevention of infection	p. 167
Upper respiratory tract infections	p. 177
Lower respiratory tract infections	p. 183
Tuberculosis and mycobacteria	p. 189
Gastrointestinal infections	p. 193
Liver and biliary tract infections	p. 202
Urinary tract infections	p. 207
Genital infections	p. 210
Infections of the central nervous system	p. 220
Bacteraemia and bloodstream infections	p. 229
Device-related infections	p. 233
Cardiovascular infections	p. 238
Bone and joint infections	p. 241
Skin and soft-tissue infections	p. 246
Infections in the compromised host	p. 257
Infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant bacteria	p. 260
Perinatal and congenital infections	p. 264
Human immunodeficiency virus	p. 271
Miscellaneous viral infections	p. 277
Self-assessment
Self-assessment questions	p. 285
Answers to self-assessment questions	p. 300
General subject index	p. 309
Organism index	p. 317
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