PrefacePart 1 Concepts1 Microbial pathogens, classification and concepts2 Innate and acquired immunity3 The 'normal' flora in health and disease,4 Pathogenicity and pathogenesis of infectious disease5 Making a microbiological diagnosis of infection6 Antimicrobial therapy - principles and concepts7 Antibacterial agents - pharmacology and modes of action8 Antimicrobial use and stewardship9 Emergence and detection of resistance10 Sources and transmission of infection11 Principles of infection control12 Infection in the healthcare environment13 Immunization14 Emerging infections15 High consequence infectious diseases and bioterrorism preparednessPart 2 Bacteriology16 Staphylococcus17 Haemolytic Streptococcal infections18 Other Gram-positive cocci and the alpha-haemolytic streptococci19 Streptococcus pneumoniae20 Listeria, Bacillus, non-diphtheria Corynebacterium21 Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis22 Mycobacterium tuberculosis23 Non tuberculous mycobacteria and leprosy24 Clostridium25 Non-s...poring anaerobic infections26 Neisseria and Moraxella27 Small Gram-negative coccobacilli: Haemophilus, Brucella, Francisella, Yersinia and Bartonella28 Pathogenicity of enteric Gram-negative bacteria29 Enterobacteriaceae clinical syndromes30 Vibrio, Campylobacter and Helicobacter31 Environmental pathogens: Pseudomonas, Burkholderia, Legionella and Acinetobacter32 Chlamydia, Mycoplasma and Rickettsia33 Spiral bacteriaPart 3 Virology34 Virus structure and classification35 Antiviral therapy36 Herpesviruses I37 Herpesviruses II38 DNA viruses: adenovirus, parvovirus and poxvirus39 Measles, mumps and rubella40 Influenza viruses41 Parainfluenza and other respiratory viruses42 Enterovirus and viruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract43 Hepatitis viruses44 Tropical, exotic or arbovirus infectionsPart 4 Mycology45 Yeast infections46 Filamentous fungi47 Antifungal drugs and anti-fungal therapyPart 5 Parasitology48 Intestinal protozoa49 Malaria, leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis50 Intestinal helminths51 Tissue helminthsPart 6 Systemic infection52 Congenital and perinatal infections53 HIV infection and AIDS54 Pyrexia of unknown origin and puerperal sepsis55 Sepsis56 Endocarditis, myocarditis and pericarditis57 Infections of the central nervous system58 Acute Respiratory tract infections59 Chronic infections of the lung and Hospital acquired pneumonia60 Urinary and genital infections61 Infections of the bones and joints62 Bacterial diarrhoeal disease63 Zoonoses64 Infections in immunocompromised patients65 Ocular infections66 Infections of the skin and soft tissueIndex