Infectious Disease

Nandini Shetty is an MD, FRCPath, MSc (Epidemiology and Statistics). She is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Royal Free and University College London Medical School and she is uniquely well-qualified for authorship of this book as she has had experience teaching infectious disease from all three perspectives, basic science, public health and medical. Her clinical activities include the diagnosis and management of community and hospital acquired infection at the University College London Group of Hospitals. As a member of the faculty of the Health Protection Agency she has an important role in managing the Public Health aspects of Communicable Disease in the UK. Julian Wei-Tze Tang is a PhD, MRCP, FRCPath, Consultant Virologist at the National University Hospital in Singapore. He is a clinical/academic virologist interested in all aspects (pathogenesis, diagnosis, management, control and epidemiology) of viruses that can cause disease in humans - particularly HIV, influenza, and newly emerging viruses. He completed all his specialist training in the UK and has worked and taught students in London, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Julie Andrews is an MRCP FRCPath, Consultant Microbiologist at the Whittington Hospital in London. She completed her training from University College and other affiliated hospitals in London. Her current position involves the diagnosis and management of infection in the community and the hospital and includes infection prevention and control. She also has responsibility for tutoring medical students from the Royal Free and University College London Medical School.

• PART 1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 1. Microbial etiology of disease N. Shetty, E. Aarons, J. Andrews.2. Structure and function of microbes N. Shetty, E. Aarons, J. Andrews.3. Host defence versus microbial pathogenesis and the mechanisms of microbial escape N. Shetty, E. Aarons, J. Andrews.4. Diagnosis of microbial infection N. Shetty, E. Aarons, J. Andrews.5. General Principles of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy N. Shetty, E. Aarons, J. Andrews.6. Basic concepts of the epidemiology of infectious diseases N. Shetty.PART 2. A SYSTEMS BASED APPROACH TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES.7. Infections of the skin, soft tissue, bone and joint N. Shetty, J.W. Tang.8. Gastroenteritis N. Shetty, J.W. Tang.9. Cardiac and Respiratory Tract infections N. Shetty, J.W. Tang, J. Andrews.10. Infections of the Central Nervous System N. Shetty, J.W. Tang.11. Infections of the Genito-urinary System N. Shetty, R. Smith.PART 3. INFECTIONS IN SPECIAL GROUPS.12. Obstetric, Congenital and Neonatal Infections N. Shetty, J.W. Tang, J. Andrews.13. Infections in the immunocompromised host (HIV, solid organ transplant recipients, haematological malignancies) D. Mack, N. Shetty.14. Health care associated infections N. Shetty.15. The fever and rash conundrum: rashes of childhood J.W. Tang.PART 4. INFECTIONS OF GLOBAL IMPACT.16. Tuberculosis S. Srivastava, N. Shetty.17. Malaria D. Mack.18. HIV/AIDS J.W. Tang.19. Hepatitis J.W. Tang.20. Influenza J.W. Tang, P.K.S. Chan.21. Infections in the returning traveler N. Shetty.PART 5. EMERGING AND RESURGENT INFECTIONS.22. Viral hemorrhagic fevers J.W. Tang.23. Emerging infections I (Human monkeypox, Hantaviruses, Nipah virus, Japanese encephalitis, Chikungunya) J.W. Tang.24. Emerging infections II (West Nile virus, Dengue, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Associated Coronavirus) J.W. Tang, P.K.S. Chan.25. Diphtheria N. Shetty.26. Agents of Bioterrorism J.W. Tang .Index

"All three of these pictures are excellent, both for beauty and illustration." (The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1 September 2011) “A fun and readable book that engages the imagination and retains the interest of the clinically orientated reader while conveying an understanding of the direct implications of molecular characteristics of infectious agents to the practise of medicine.”Louisa Chapman, Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2010  “This book provides a valuable overview of the basic principles and issues pertaining to the pathogenesis and prevention of infectious diseases. The illustrations, the chapter summaries with relevant information, and the case studies are all particularly useful for the targeted readers. The book is well designed and manages to convey the general concepts of the various aspects of infectious diseases without overwhelming.”Stella U. Kalu and Tasnee Chonmaitree, Clinical infectious diseases, January 2010