Key Facts in Infection

Definition, mechanism, indicators of infection; mechanisms by which microbes cause disease; diagnosis of specific infections; pyrexia without localizing signs; pyrexia of unknown origin; travel-associated infections; infections spread by insects (arthropods); principles of immunization; bacteriuria, urinary tract infection and sterile pyuria; respiratory tract infections; community-accquired pneumonia; gastrointestinal infections; food poisoning; viral hepatitis; bacteraemia, septicaemia and meningitis; sexually transmitted diseases; infection in the immunocompromised; infecting agents associated with the immunocompromised; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); some skin infections and rashes; infections during pregnancy and delivery; hospital-acquired infections; sterilization and disinfection; surgical wound infections; worm infections; some agents that can be transmitted from animals or animal-derived products to man; some infections transmitted by water; oral antimicrobial agents; susceptibility of bacteria to antibiotics; some interactions of antibiotics with other drugs; treatment of infections; use of antimicrobial agents for specific conditions.