Rev. ed. of: Lecture notes on medical microbiology / Tom Elliott, Mark Hastings, Ulrich Desselberger. 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Basic bacteriology : structure -- Basic bacteriology : physiology -- Basic bacteriology : genetics -- Classification of bacteria -- Staphylococci -- Streptococci and enterococcci -- Clostridia -- Other gram-positive bacteria -- Gram-negative cocci -- Enterobacteriaceae -- Parvobacteri -- Pseudomonas and other aerobic gram-negative bacilli -- Campylobacter, helicobacter, and vibrios -- Treponema, borrelia, and leptospira -- Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria -- Mycobacteria --

Chlamydiae, rickettsiaceae, mycoplasma -- Basic virology -- Major virus groups -- Basic mycology and classification of fungi -- Parasitology : protozoa -- Parasitology : metazoa (helminths) -- Host-parasite relationships -- Diagnostic laboratory methods -- Epidemiology of infection -- Prevention of infection including hospital aquired infection -- Immunisation -- Sterilisation and disinfection -- Antibacterial agents -- Antifungals -- Antivirals -- Upper respiratory tract infections --

Lower respiratory tract infections -- Gastrointestinal infections -- Liver and biliary tract infections -- Urinary tract infections -- Genital infections (including sexually transmitted diseases) -- Central nervous system infections -- Septicaemia and bacteraemia -- Device related infections -- Multiple drug resistant microorganisms -- Cardiovascular infections -- Orthopaedics -- Skin and soft tissue infections -- Infections in the compromised host -- Perinatal and congenital infections -- Aids -- Other viral infections--viruses.