
Medical Microbiology, International Edition
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- 17th Edition - May 23, 2007
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- Authors: David Greenwood, Richard C. B. Slack, John F. Peutherer, Michael R. Barer
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 4 8 9 7 - 5
The book is divided into six sections: Microbial biology Infection and immunity Bacterial pathogens and associated diseases Viral pathogens and associated diseases Fungal pat… Read more

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Request a sales quoteThe book is divided into six sections:
Microbial biology
Infection and immunity
Bacterial pathogens and associated diseases
Viral pathogens and associated diseases
Fungal pathogens and parasitic infections
Diagnosis, treatment and control of infection
The major portion gives a organism-based systematic coverage of microbiology. Each organism is considered under a standard set of headings:
Description
Pathogenesis
Clinical features
Laboratory diagnosis
Treatment
Epidemiology
The section on immunology covers that part of the subject that is of direct relevance to the understanding of microbial infection.
Microbial biology
Infection and immunity
Bacterial pathogens and associated diseases
Viral pathogens and associated diseases
Fungal pathogens and parasitic infections
Diagnosis, treatment and control of infection
The major portion gives a organism-based systematic coverage of microbiology. Each organism is considered under a standard set of headings:
Description
Pathogenesis
Clinical features
Laboratory diagnosis
Treatment
Epidemiology
The section on immunology covers that part of the subject that is of direct relevance to the understanding of microbial infection.
Medical students
Trainee medical microbiologists (ie candidates for the MRCPath)
Microbiology medical laboratory scientists
Trainee medical microbiologists (ie candidates for the MRCPath)
Microbiology medical laboratory scientists
Part 1: Microbial Biology:
Microbiology and medicine. Morphology and nature of micro-organisms. Classification, identification and typing of micro-organisms of micro-organisms. Bacterial growth, physiology and death. Antimicrobial agents. Bacterial genetics. Virus–cell interactions
Part 2: Infection and immunity:
Immunological principles: antigens and antigen recognition. Innate and acquired immunity. Immunity in viral infections. Parasitic infections: pathogenesis and immunity. Immunity in bacterial infections. Bacterial pathogenicity. The natural history of infection.
Part 3: Bacterial Pathogens and Associated Diseases:
Staphylococcus. Streptococcus and enterococcus. Coryneform bacteria, listeria and erysipelothrix. Mycobacterium. Environmental mycobacteria. Actinomyces, nocardia and tropheryma. Bacillus. Clostridium. Neisseria and moraxella. Salmonella. Shigella. Escherichia. Klebsiella, enterobacter, proteus and other enterobacteria. Pseudomonads and non-fermenters. Campylobacter and helicobacter. Vibrio, mobiluncus, gardnerella and spirillum. Haemophilus. Bordetella. Legionella. Brucella, bartonella and streptobacillus. Yersinia, pasteurella and francisella. Non-sporing anaerobes. Treponema and borrelia. Leptospira. Chlamydia. Rickettsia, orientia, ehrlichia and coxiella. Mycoplasmas.
Part 4: Viral Pathogens and Associated Diseases
Adenoviruses. Herpesviruses. Poxviruses. Papovaviruses. Hepadnaviruses. Parvoviruses. Picornaviruses. Orthomyxoviruses. Paramyxoviruses. Arboviruses: alphaviruses, flaviviruses and bunyaviruses. Togavirus and hepacivirus. Arenaviruses and filoviruses. Reoviruses. Retroviruses. Caliciviruses and astroviruses. Coronaviruses. Rhabdoviruses. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (prion diseases).
Part 5: Fungal Pathogens, Parasitic Infections and Medical Entomology:
Fungi. Protozoa. Helminths. Arthropods.
Part 6: Diagnosis, Treatment and Control of Infection:
Infective syndromes. Diagnostic procedures. Strategy of antimicrobial hemotherapy. Epidemiology and control of community infections. Hospital infection. Immunization.
Microbiology and medicine. Morphology and nature of micro-organisms. Classification, identification and typing of micro-organisms of micro-organisms. Bacterial growth, physiology and death. Antimicrobial agents. Bacterial genetics. Virus–cell interactions
Part 2: Infection and immunity:
Immunological principles: antigens and antigen recognition. Innate and acquired immunity. Immunity in viral infections. Parasitic infections: pathogenesis and immunity. Immunity in bacterial infections. Bacterial pathogenicity. The natural history of infection.
Part 3: Bacterial Pathogens and Associated Diseases:
Staphylococcus. Streptococcus and enterococcus. Coryneform bacteria, listeria and erysipelothrix. Mycobacterium. Environmental mycobacteria. Actinomyces, nocardia and tropheryma. Bacillus. Clostridium. Neisseria and moraxella. Salmonella. Shigella. Escherichia. Klebsiella, enterobacter, proteus and other enterobacteria. Pseudomonads and non-fermenters. Campylobacter and helicobacter. Vibrio, mobiluncus, gardnerella and spirillum. Haemophilus. Bordetella. Legionella. Brucella, bartonella and streptobacillus. Yersinia, pasteurella and francisella. Non-sporing anaerobes. Treponema and borrelia. Leptospira. Chlamydia. Rickettsia, orientia, ehrlichia and coxiella. Mycoplasmas.
Part 4: Viral Pathogens and Associated Diseases
Adenoviruses. Herpesviruses. Poxviruses. Papovaviruses. Hepadnaviruses. Parvoviruses. Picornaviruses. Orthomyxoviruses. Paramyxoviruses. Arboviruses: alphaviruses, flaviviruses and bunyaviruses. Togavirus and hepacivirus. Arenaviruses and filoviruses. Reoviruses. Retroviruses. Caliciviruses and astroviruses. Coronaviruses. Rhabdoviruses. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (prion diseases).
Part 5: Fungal Pathogens, Parasitic Infections and Medical Entomology:
Fungi. Protozoa. Helminths. Arthropods.
Part 6: Diagnosis, Treatment and Control of Infection:
Infective syndromes. Diagnostic procedures. Strategy of antimicrobial hemotherapy. Epidemiology and control of community infections. Hospital infection. Immunization.
- Edition: 17
- Published: May 23, 2007
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- No. of pages: 752
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780702048975
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David Greenwood
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor of Antimicrobial Science, University of Nottingham Medical SchoolRS
Richard C. B. Slack
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, Division of Microbiology, University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham, UK; Consultant in Communicable Disease Control, Nottingham Health Authority; Honorary Consultant, Public Health Laboratory Service, Nottingham, UKJP
John F. Peutherer
Affiliations and expertise
Formerly Senior Lecturer, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh Medical School; Honorary Consultant, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust, Edinburgh, UKMB
Michael R. Barer
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Clinical Microbiology Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester Medical School, Leicester, United Kingdom