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This book is the successor to the highly successful texts, Notes on Medical Bacteriology and Notes on Medical Virology. These books have been combined and updated to give readers a concise but comprehensive overview of microbiology as a whole, reflecting the current medical curriculum and emphasizing the clinical effects of infection. The text is illustrated throughout with color clinical photographs.

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Introduction to medical microbiology.
Bacteria: Bacteria - structure, growth, nutrition and genetics.
Medically important bacteria: Gram-positive bacteria. Gram-negative bacteria. Laboratory diagnosis of bacterial disease.
Bacterial Diseases: Bacterial infections of the respiratory tract. Bacterial gastrointestinal disease. Enteric fever. Urinary tract infections. Bacterial meningitis. Sepsis. Infective endocarditis. Sexually transmitted diseases. Tuberculosis and leprosy. Infections of bone and joint. Bacterial zoonoses. Chlamydial diseases. Rickettsial diseases, bartonellosis. Antimicrobial therapy.
Viruses: Viruses: general properties, host response and replication. Laboratory diagnosis of virus diseases.
Virus Diseases: Virus respiratory diseases. Viral gastroenteritis. Enteroviruses. Viral hepatitis. Childhood fevers. Herpesvirus diseases. Virus neurological diseases. Prion diseases. Viral zoonoses. Retroviruses. Papilloma and polyoma virus infections. Antiviral drugs.
Special infection problems: Sterilization and disinfection. Healthcare-associated infection. Pyrexia of unknown origin. Infection in the immunocompromised. Infection and pregnancy
Prevention of microbial disease: Immunization.
Medical Mycology: Fungal infections.
Medical Parasitology: Parasitic infections.

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Book by Timbury Morag C McCartney A Christine Thakker Bish

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