Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, An Illustrated Colour Text

Subject matter is presented in two page topics for you to understand easily and remember
Covers both the more scientific aspects of the subject and also clinical infection

New to this Edition

All 1st edition topics completely revised and updated - increased coverage of infections of current or recent interest (eg SARS, bird flu etc.)
Now with virology! Approximately nine new double-page spreads on specifically viral topics and the existing disease-based double-page spreads now include more information on viral causes

Contents
Microbes. Microbial attack and control by intrinsic defences. Specific pathogens. Microbial attack succeeds: clinical infection. Microbe control by extrinsic defences.


Author Information
By W. John Spicer, MBBS(Melbourne), FRACP, FRCPA, FACSHP, FASM, DTM&H(Sydney), DipBact(London), Senior Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital, and Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre; Senior Consultant in Microbiology, Alfred Hospital, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.