Bannister / Gillespie / Jones Infection

Microbiology and Management
3. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-2393-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 560 Seiten, E-Book

Infection: Microbiology and Management provides a coreresource for the understanding of medical microbiology andinfectious diseases. Content covers microbiological and clinicaldiagnosis, through to clinical management, epidemiology and thecontrol of infectious conditions as they occur both in the hospitaland community setting.
With a concise, systems-based approach, the third edition hasbeen revised and restructured and now covers wider epidemiologicaland public concerns. Key feature boxes, self assessment and casestudies assist learning in each chapter.
Designed to be used either as a basic learning text, or as apractical textbook in the clinical setting, Infection:Microbiology and Management, previously titled InfectiousDisease, will continue to appeal to students at all stages oftheir career, candidates for higher examinations, the generalphysician and surgeon, epidemiologists and experts in publichealth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bannister, Barbara

Gillespie, Stephen

Gillespie, Stephen H.

Jones, Jane

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Infection, Pathogens and Antimicrobial Agents.
1 The Nature and Pathogenesis of Infection.
2 Structure and Classification of Pathogens.
3 Laboratory Techniques in the Diagnosis of Infection.
4 Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Part 2: Systematic Infectious Diseases.
5 Infections with Skin, Mucosal and Soft-tissue Disorders.
6 Upper Respiratory Tract Infections.
7 Lower Respiratory Tract Infections.
8 Gastrointestinal Infections and Food Poisoning.
9 Infections of the Liver.
10 Infections of the Urinary Tract.
11 Childhood Infections.
12 Infections of the Cardiovascular System.
13 Infections of the Central Nervous System.
14 Bone and Joint Infections.
Part 3: Genital, Sexually Transmitted and Birth-RelatedInfections.
15 Genital and Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
16 HIV Infection and Retroviral Diseases.
17 Congenital and Perinatal Infections.
Part 4: Disorders Affecting More than One System.
18 Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases.
19 Bacteraemia and Sepsis.
20 Pyrexia of Unknown Origin.
21 Post-infectious Disorders.
Part 5: Special Hosts, Environments and theCommunity.
22 Infections in Immunocompromised Patients.
23 Hospital Infections.
24 Travel-associated and Exotic Infections.
25 Control of Infection in the Community.
26 Emerging and Re-emerging Infections.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Barbara Bannister Consultant in Infectious and TropicalDiseases, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
Stephen Gillespie Professor of Microbiology and RegionalMicrobiologist, Royal Free and University College School ofMedicine, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
Jane Jones Consultant Epidemiologist, Health ProtectionAgency Centre for Infections, London, UK