Close Encounters of the Microbial Kind: Everything You Need to Know about Common Infections

ISBN-13: 9783030569778 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 526 str.

Michael Wilson; Philippa J. K. Wilson

Spis treści

Chapter 1.  Microbes and infectious diseases

SECTION 2. SKIN INFECTIONS

Chapter 2. Acne

Chapter 3. Skin abscesses (boils)

Chapter 4. Dandruff

Chapter 5. Fungal nail infections

Chapter 6. Fungal infections of the skin

Chapter 7. Chickenpox

Chapter 8. Shingles

Chapter 9. Common warts

SECTION 3. INFECTIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Chapter 10. The common cold

Chapter 11. Influenza

Chapter 12. Sore throat

Chapter 13. Coronavirus disease-2019

Chapter 14. Acute sinusitis

Chapter 15. Chronic sinusitis

Chapter 16. Otitis media (middle ear infection) 

Chapter 17. Otitis externa (swimmers ear) 

Chapter 18. Acute bronchitis (chest cold)

SECTION 4. INFECTIONS OF THE EYE

Chapter 19. Conjunctivitis (pink eye)

SECTION 5. INFECTIONS OF THE ORAL CAVITY

Chapter 20. Tooth decay (caries)

Chapter 21. Gum disease

Chapter 22. Bad breath

Chapter 23. Oral thrush

Chapter 24. Oral herpes

SECTION 6. INFECTIONS OF THE GENITO-URINARY SYSTEM

Chapter 25. Cystitis (lower urinary tract infection)

Chapter 26. Vaginitis

Chapter 27. Chlamydia

Chapter 28. Gonorrhoea

Chapter 29. Genital herpes

Chapter 30. Genital warts

Chapter 31. Syphilis

SECTION 7. INFECTIONS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM

Chapter 32. Gastroenteritis due to Campylobacter

Chapter 33. Gastroenteritis due to Salmonella

Chapter 34. Gastroenteritis due to Clostridium perfringens

Chapter 35. Gastroenteritis due to Norovirus

Chapter 36. Gastroenteritis due to Rotavirus

O autorze

Professor Michael Wilson is an Emeritus Professor of Microbiology at University College London and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists. He has written 337 scientific papers and 12 books on microbiology and infectious diseases and has supervised the research projects of 35 PhD and 46 MSc students.  As well as carrying out research and teaching, he has 33 years experience in the laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases.  

Dr. Philippa J. K. Wilson graduated in medicine from Nottingham University Medical School in 1995 and then worked in hospitals for five years before becoming a General Practitioner in 2001.  She passed the exams for membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2009.  She currently works on the south coast of England as a Primary Care Physician/General Practitioner.

Blurb

Microbes – can’t live with them, can’t live without them. Increasingly, we’re finding out that our microbiota (the microbes that live on us) are essential for our wellbeing – they provide us with nutrients and vitamins and play a key role in developing our immune system.  On the other hand, they are responsible for a great deal of misery, as they are major causes of death and debility around the world. As well as our own microbiota turning against us, there are lots of other microbes out in the wider world that can seriously damage, or even kill, those they infect. The current pandemic of COVID-19 shows the devastating effect that an infectious disease can have – our lives have been turned upside down.

If you live in a developed country, you’re not likely to get killer diseases such as ebola and cholera, but you do have a high chance of catching other infections that can have a significant impact on your wellbeing. This book focuses on those infections you’re most likely to go down with, and supplies the answers to the following questions about them:

• Which infectious diseases are we likely to come across?
• How common are they?  
• What microbes cause them?  
• What happens to our bodies during an infection? 
• How are the resulting illnesses treated?
• How can we avoid getting them? 

This book covers nearly 60 infectious diseases that people living in developed countries are likely to experience at some point during their life. It also has an introductory chapter that describes, in everyday language, the basic principles of microbiology and infectious diseases. Each chapter is lavishly illustrated, has interesting, relevant inserts, and provides a list of web-accessible suggestions for further reading.