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Informationen zum Autor Tom Elliott is Consultant Medical Microbiologist at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK Anna Casey is Clinical Research Scientist in the Department of Clinical Microbiology at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK Peter Lambert is Professor of Microbiology in the School of Life and Health Sciences at Aston University, Birmingham, UK Jonathan Sandoe is Consultant Microbiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Klappentext Medical Microbiology and Infection 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 of this 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 understandingWhether 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 medical students and hospital doctors. Zusammenfassung Medical Microbiology and Infection Lecture Notes is ideal for medical students, junior doctors, pharmacy students, junior pharmacists, nurses, and those training in the allied health professions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface v Contributors vii Basic microbiology 1 Basic bacteriology 3 Peter Lambert 2 Classification of bacteria 12 Peter Lambert 3 Staphylococci 16 Tom Elliott and Peter Lambert 4 Streptococci and enterococcci 20 Anna Casey 5 Clostridia 26 Tony Worthington 6 Other Gram-positive bacteria 30 Anna Casey 7 Gram-negative cocci 36 Jonathan Sandoe 8 Enterobacteriaceae 40 Peter Lambert 9 Haemophilus and other fastidious Gram-negative bacteria 45 Jonathan Sandoe 10 Pseudomonas, Legionella and other environmental Gram-negative bacilli 51 Peter Lambert 11 Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Vibrio 54 Martin Skirrow, Cliodna McNulty and Tom Elliott 12 Treponema, Borrelia and Leptospira 58 Susan O'Connell 13 Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria 62 Peter Lambert 14 Chlamydiaceae, Rickettsia, Coxiella, Mycoplasmataceae and Anaplasmataceae 64 Jonathan Sandoe 15 Basic virology 69 Peter Mackie 16 Major virus groups 75 Peter Mackie 17 Basic mycology and classification of fungi 93 Elizabeth Johnson 18 Parasitology: protozoa 101 Peter Chiodini 19 Parasitology: helminths 112 Peter Chiodini Antimicrobial agents 20 Antibacterial agents 127 Peter Lambert 21 Antifungalagents 144 ElizabethJohnson 22 Antiviral agents 147 Eleni Nastouli Infection 23 Diagnostic laboratory methods 157 Tony Worthington 24 Epidemiology and prevention of infection 167 Barry Cookson 25 Upper respiratory tract infections 177 Jonathan Sandoe 26 Lower respiratory tract infections 183 Shruti Khurana 27 Tuberculosis and mycobacteria 189 Sumeet Singhania 28 Ga...
