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Summary

The aim of Medical Microbiology Made Memorable, another great addition to the Made Memorable series, is to provide a core text of medical microbiology for medical students. It will also be useful for biological science courses. This book provides accessible and appropriate information that the reader knows is essential core information. As a result Myint is considerably shorter than many of the established major textbooks, which are now too detailed for modern courses, and less expensive. Each topic is presented as a double-page spread, roughly covering the content that might be found in one lecture. The left-hand page contains the descriptive text and the right-hand page has diagrams, flow charts etc. Throughout the emphasis is on the clinical, with only the absolute minimum of systematic microbiology.

Author Biography

Steven H. Myint is Professor of Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester Medical School, Leicester, UK.

Principles of infectious disease
Introduction to micro-organisms	p. 2
Viruses - the basic facts	p. 4
Bacteria - the basic facts	p. 6
Fungi - the basic facts	p. 8
Protozoa - the basic facts	p. 10
Helminths - the basic facts	p. 12
Viroids, prions and virinos	p. 14
Epidemiology of infectious diseases	p. 18
Pathogenesis of infectious disease	p. 20
Pathology of infectious disease	p. 22
Innate host defences to infectious disease	p. 24
Adaptive host response to infectious disease	p. 26
Diagnosis of infectious disease	p. 30
Diseases caused by micro-organisms
Upper respiratory tract infections	p. 34
Lower respiratory tract infections	p. 36
Meningitis	p. 38
Encephalitis and other nervous system infections	p. 42
Eye infections	p. 44
Viral skin rashes	p. 46
Cutaneous infections - bacterial and fungal	p. 48
Gastrointestinal infections	p. 50
Hepatitis and pancreatitis	p. 52
Infections of the heart	p. 54
Urinary tract infections	p. 56
Genital tract infections	p. 58
Obstetric and neonatal infections	p. 62
Infections of bone, joints and muscle	p. 64
Septicaemia	p. 66
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)	p. 70
Infectious mononucleosis and other systemic infections	p. 72
Infections of the immunocompromised host	p. 74
Zoonoses	p. 76
Malaria	p. 80
Other tropical infections	p. 84
Pyrexia of unknown origin	p. 88
New and re-emerging infectious diseases	p. 90
Control of infectious disease
Principles of hospital infection control	p. 94
Sterilisation and disinfection	p. 98
Food, water and public health microbiology	p. 100
Antibacterials - the principles	p. 102
Antibacterial therapy - the practice	p. 104
Antiviral therapy	p. 108
Antifungal therapy	p. 110
Antiprotozoal and antihelminthic therapy	p. 112
Non-drug control of infection	p. 114
Genetically modified micro-organisms (GMOS) in the environment and biotechnology	p. 115
Immunisation to infectious disease	p. 116
App. 1: Answers	p. 120
The language of microbiology	p. 122
Commonly used abbreviations	p. 126
Notifiable diseases (UK)	p. 128
Common helminth infections of humans	p. 129
Newly emerging pathogens and diseases	p. 130
Examples of common disinfectants and antiseptics	p. 131
Vaccines available in the UK	p. 130
Further reading	p. 133
Index	p. 135
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Medical Microbiology Made Memorable

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