Lecture notes: medical microbiology and infection

Medical Microbiology Lecture Notes is ideal for medical students, junior doctors, pharmacy students, junior pharmacists, nurses, and those training in the allied health professions. It presents a thorough introduction and overview ofthis core subject area, and has been fully revised and updated to include: Chapters written by leading experts reflecting current research and teaching practice New chapters covering Diagnosis of Infections and Epidemiology and Prevention & Management of Infections Integrated full-colour illustrations and clinical images A self-assessment section to test understanding Whether you need to develop your knowledge for clinical practice, or refresh that knowledge in the run up to examinations, Medical Microbiology and Infection Lecture Notes will help foster a systematic approach to the clinical situation for all medicalstudents and hospital doctors. INDICE: Preface to the Fifth Edition, Basic microbiology. 1 Basic bacteriology (Peter Lambert). 2 Classification of bacteria (Peter Lambert). 3 Staphylococci Tom Elliott and Peter Lambert 4 Streptococci and enterococcci (Anna Casey). 5 Clostridia (Tony Worthington). 6 Other Gram-positive bacteria (Anna Casey). 7 Gram-negative cocci (Jonathan Sandoe). 8 Enterobacteriaceae (Peter Lambert). 9 Haemophilus and other fastidious Gram negative bacteria (Jonathan Sandoe). 10 Pseudomonas, Legionellaand other environmental Gram-negative bacilli (Peter Lambert). 11 Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Vibrio (Cliodna McNulty, Martin Skirrow and Tom Elliott). 12 Treponema, Borrelia and Leptospira (Susan OConnell). 13 Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria (Peter Lambert). 14 Chlamydiaceae,Rickettsia, Coxiella, Mycoplasmataceae and Anaplasmataceae (Jonathan Sandoe).15 Basic virology (Peter Mackie). 16 Major virus groups (Peter Mackie). 17 Basic mycology and classification of fungi (Elizabeth Johnson). 18 Parasitology:protozoa (Peter Chiodini). 19 Parasitology: (helminths) (Peter Chiodini). Antimicrobial agents. 20 Antibacterial agents (Peter Lambert). 21 Antifungal agents (Elizabeth Johnson). 22 Antiviral agents(Eleni Nastouli). Infection. 23 Diagnostic Laboratory Methods (Tony Worthington). 24 Epidemiology, prevention of infections (Barry Cookson). 25 Upper respiratory tract infections (Jonathan Sandoe). 26 Lower respiratory tract infections (Mark Woodhead and Shruti Khurana). 27 Tuberculosis and mycobacteria (Sumeet Singhania and Mark Woodhead). 28 Gastrointestinal infections (Tariq Iqbal). 29 Liver and biliary tract infections (David Mutimer). 30 Urinary tract infections (Chris Catchpole). 31 Genital Infections (Kaveh Manavi). 32 Infections of central nervous system (Erwin Brown). 33 Bacteraemia and bloodstream infections (Tom Elliott). 34 Device-related infections (Tom Elliott). 35 Cardiovascular infections (Richard Watkin). 36 Bone and joint infections (Jonathan Sandoe). 37 Skin and soft-tissue infections (Rabih Darouiche and Supriya Narasimhan). 38 Infections in the compromised host (Tom Elliott). 39 Infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant bacteria (David Livermore). 40 Perinatal and congenital infections (James Gray). 41 Human immunodeficiency viruses (Kaveh Manavi). 42 Miscellaneous viral infections (John Cheesbrough). Subject Index. Microorganism Index.

• ISBN: 978-1-4443-3465-4
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 07/10/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés