The Infectious Diseases Manual -- Contents -- Section I: Introduction -- 1 Introduction -- Section II: Clinical Infectious Diseases -- 2 Upper respiratory tract infections -- 3 Lower respiratory tract infections -- 4 Mycobacteria and mycobacterial infections -- 5 Cardiac infections -- 6 Gastrointestinal infections -- 7 Hepatitis -- 8 Urinary tract infection (UTI) -- 9 Gynaecological and obstetric infections -- 10 Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) -- 11 CNS infections -- 12 Eye infections -- 13 Skin infections -- 14 Bone and joint infections -- 15 Paediatric infections -- 16 Human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) -- 17 Infections in the immunocompromised host -- 18 Fever -- 19 Septic shock -- Section III: Tropical and Travel Medicine -- 20 Pre-travel advice -- 21 Tropical medicine and the returning traveller -- 22 Protozoa -- 23 Helminths -- Section IV: Microbiology -- Bacteria -- 24 Staphylococci -- 25 Streptococci and their relatives -- 26 Aerobic Gram-positive rods -- 27 Coliforms (syn. enterobacteria, Enterobacteriaceae) -- 28 Vibrios -- 29 Campylobacters -- 30 Pseudomonads -- 31 Fastidious Gram-negative organisms -- 32 Anaerobes -- 33 Spirochaetes -- 34 Mycoplasmas, chlamydias and rickettsias -- 35 Virology -- 36 Fungi -- Section V: Antibiotic Therapy -- 37 Antibiotics: theory, usage and abuse -- 38 Antibiotics: Classification and dosing guidelines -- Appendix 1: Bioterrorism agents -- Appendix 2: Immunization schedule -- Index.