Full Description
The Book provides knowledge on the diversity of disease causing microbes including bacteria, viruses, fungi and Protozoans- the major diseases they cause and the environmental factors that influence the occurrence, transmission and spread of microbes along with the epidemiological factors determining the occurrence of disease.
Contents
Preface 1. INTRODUCTION TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1.1 Spectrum of Infectious Diseases and Their Causative Organisms 1.2 Neglected Tropical Diseases 1.3 Recognition of an Infectious Disease in a Population 1.4 Mode of Transmission of Pathogens 1.5 Host Community 1.6 Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases 2. SKIN INFECTIONS2.1 Normal Skin Flora 2.2 Bacterial Infections—Pathogenesis, Epidemiology, Treatment and Prevention 2.3 Viral Infections-Pathogenesis, Epidemiology, Treatment and Prevention 2.4 Fungal Infections 3. RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS 3.1 Upper Respiratory Tract Infections 3.2 Viral Infections of Upper Respiratory Tract-Pathogenesis, Epidemiology, Treatment and Prevention 3.3 Lower Respiratory Tract Infections 4. GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT INFECTIONS 4.1 Upper Alimentary Tract Infections 4.2 Lower Alimentary Tract Infections 4.2.2 Viral Infections of the lower intestinal tract-Pathogenesis, Epidemiology, Treatment and prevention 5. URINARY AND GENITAL TRACT INFECTIONS 5.1 Urinary Tract Infections 5.2 Genital Tract Infections 6. BLOOD AND LYMPHATIC INFECTIONS 6.1 Bacterial Infections of the Blood Vascular System 6.2 Viral Diseases of the Lymphoid System-Burkitt's Lymphoma, Mononucleosis, HIV Infection, Chikungunya Virus, Dengue Virus, Ebola Virus 6.3 Protozoal Diseases of the Blood and Lymphatic System 7. NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS 7.1 Bacterial Infections of the Nervous System 7.2 Viral Infections of the Nervous System 7.3 Fungal infections of the Central Nervous system 7.4 Protozoal Infection 8. NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS 8.1 Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) 8.2 Bloodstream Infection 8.3 Hospital Acquired Urinary Tract Infection (HAUTI) 8.4 Other Antibiotic-Resistant Nosocomial Infections.
