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Microbiology and Infection Control for Health Professionals

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The fourth edition retains all the strengths that have made Microbiology and Infection Control for Health Professionals a best-selling title:

  • a sound scientific orientation
  • continual application to the clinical setting
  • coverage of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases
  • current statistical information of disease patterns
  • up-to-date terminology
  • an emphasis on Australian and New Zealand data and clinical settings
  • a focus on the body’s defences to infectious diseases
  • full colour photographs and illustrations throughout
About the Authors

Dr Gary Lee is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Sydney.

Dr Penny Bishop is an Honorary Associate in the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Sydney. She was previously a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Sydney and editor of the Journal of the Australian Society of Microbiology.

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PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Unit 1 Fundamental Microbiology

CHAPTER 1 THE INVISIBLE WORLD

CHAPTER 2 METABOLIC PROCESSES IN MICROBIAL CELLS

CHAPTER 3 BACTERIA

CHAPTER 4 GENES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

CHAPTER 5 VIRUSES AND VIRAL DISEASES

CHAPTER 6 EUCARYOTIC MICROORGANISMS: FUNGI, PROTOZOA AND MULTICELLULAR PARASITES

Unit 2 Host–microbe interactions

CHAPTER 7 HOST–MICROBE INTERACTIONS AND PRINCIPLES OF DISEASE

CHAPTER 8 EPIDEMIOLOGY: HOW DISEASES ARE SPREAD

CHAPTER 9 THE BODY’S DEFENCE SYSTEMS

CHAPTER 10 PATHOGENIC MECHANISMS AND EVASION STRATEGIES OF MICROORGANISMS

Unit 3 Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases

CHAPTER 11 PRINCIPLES OF STERI LISATION AND DISINFECTION

CHAPTER 12 ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY

CHAPTER 13 INFECTION CONTROL IN HEALTH-CARE FACI LITIES

CHAPTER 14 ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTH

Unit 4 Infections of body systems

CHAPTER 15 MICROBIAL TECHNIQUES FOR DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTION

CHAPTER 16 SKIN, WOUND AND EYE INFECTIONS

CHAPTER 17 RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS

CHAPTER 18 GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT INFECTIONS

CHAPTER 19 CARDIOVASCULAR AND MULTISYSTEM I N FECTIONS

CHAPTER 20 INFECTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

CHAPTER 21 INFECTIONS OF THE URINARY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS

GLOSSARY

CREDITS

INDEX

ISBN: 9781442501850
ISBN-10: 1442501855
Audience: Professional
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 592
Published: 17th July 2009
Publisher: Pearson Education Australia