Infection : microbiology and management / / Barbara Bannister, Stephen Gillespie, Jane Jones.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Bannister, Barbara A.
• TeilnehmendeR: Gillespie, S. H.; Jones, Jane.; Bannister, Barbara A.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 3rd ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: vii, 544 p. :; ill.
• Notes: Rev. ed. of: Infectious disease. 2nd ed. 2000.

Table of Contents

The nature and pathogenesis of infection -- Structure and classification of pathogens -- Laboratory techniques in the diagnosis of infection -- Antimicrobial chemotherapy -- Infections with skin, mucosal and soft-tissue disorders -- Upper respiratory tract infections -- Lower respiratory tract infections -- Gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning -- Infections of the liver -- Infections of the urinary tract -- Childhood infections -- Infections of the cardiovascular system -- Infections of the central nervous system -- Bone and joint infections -- Genital and sexually transmitted diseases -- HIV infection and retroviral diseases -- Congenital and perinatal infections -- Tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases -- Bacteraemia and sepsis -- Pyrexia of unknown origin -- Postinfectious disorders -- Infections in immunocompromised patients -- Hospital infections -- Travel-associated and exotic infections -- Control of infection in the community -- Emerging and re-emerging infections.