The book "Microbiology Nuts & Bolts" is set out by clinical scenarios not boring lists of bacteria!

Topics in Clinical Scenarios:

Respiratory Infections
  • Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
  • Aspiration Pneumonia
  • Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP)
  • Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP)
  • Infective Exacerbation of COPD
  • Acute Bronchitis
  • Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI)
  • Influenza
  • Tuberculosis (TB)
  • Multidrug Resistant TB (MDR TB) and Extensively Drug Resistant TB (XDR TB)
 
Head and Neck Infections
  • Otitis Media
  • Otitis Externa
  • Orbital Cellulitis
  • Sinusitis
  • Tonsillitis
 
Urogenital Infections
  • Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
  • Examples of Urology Requests, Results and Interpretations
  • Prostatitis
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
 
Skin, Soft Tissue, Bone and Joint Infections
  • Cellulitis
  • Bites
  • Infected Burns, Skin Grafts and Post-Operative Wounds
  • Intravascular Device Associated Infection
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Septic Arthritis
 
Gastrointestinal Infections
  • Gastroenteritis and Diarrhoea and Vomiting (D&V)
  • Clostridium difficile Associated Disease (CDAD)
  • Necrotising Pancreatitis
  • Cholecystitis and Cholangitis
  • Peritonitis
  • Viral Hepatitis
  • Peptic Ulcer Disease

Other Infections
  • Infective Endocarditis
  • Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (PUO)
  • Rash Illness
  • Lyme Disease
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV and AIDS)
  • Fever in a Returned Traveller

Emergencies
  • How to Recognise the Sick Patient
  • National Early Warning Score (NEWS)
  • Paediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS)
  • Sepsis
  • Adult Sepsis “Golden-Hour” Management Flowchart
  • Neutropaenic Sepsis and Febrile Neutropaenia
  • Neutropaenic Sepsis Antibiotic Flowchart
  • Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
  • Meningitis
  • Meningococcal Sepsis
  • Initial Management of Bacterial Meningitis and Meningococcal Sepsis in Adults
  • Initial Management of Bacterial Meningitis in Children
  • Initial Management of Meningococcal Sepsis in Children
  • Encephalitis
  • Epiglottitis
  • Spinal Epidural Abscess
  • Necrotising Fasciitis
  • Malaria
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Sections in the Book:
  • ​Basic Concepts
  • Microbiology
  • Infection Control
  • Clinical Scenarios
  • Antibiotics
  • Antibiotic Guidelines
  • Emergencies
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