Infectious Disease
| Page | Contents |
|---|---|
| 08.01 | Bacterial infections • Anthrax• Bacillus cereus • Campylobacter• Botulism cereus • Cat scratch disease• Cholera • Clostridiodes difficile• Diphtheria • Escherichia coli • Enteric fever (typhoid/paratyphoid) |
| 08.02 | Bacterial infections • H. influenzae• Klebsiella • Leptospirosis• Leprosy • Listeria• Lyme disease • Meliodosis & other Burholderia • Mycoplasma pneumoniae • Pseudomonas aeruginosa • Salmonella• Shigella |
| 08.03 | Bacterial infections • Q fever• Staph. aureus • Coagulase-negative staphylococci • Strep. pneumoniae • Strep. pyogenes (incl scarlet fever) • Strep agalactiae (GBS) • Tetanus & other Clostridia • Yersinia pestis |
| 08.04 | Bacterial & fungal infections • Rickettsiae• Actinomyces & Nocardia • Candida• Cryptococcosis • Aspergillus• Mucormycosis • Histoplasmosis |
| 08.05 | Antibiogram |
| 08.06 | • Antibiotics – mechanisms of action and side effects • Notifiable diseases |
| 08.07 | Viral infections • Chikungunya• Covid-19 • CMV• EBV • HFMD• HSV • Japanese encephalitis• HIV |
| 08.08 | Viral infections • Influenza• Measles • Mpox• Orf• Mumps • Norovirus• Parvovirus • Poliovirus |
| 08.09 | Viral infections • Influenza• Measles • Rabies• Rabies• Rotavirus • Rubella• West Nile• Zika • Viral haemorrhagic fevers, including Dengue, Ebola, Yellow Fever |
| 08.10 | Genitourinary infections / STIs • Chlamydia• Gonorrhoea • Bacterial vaginosis • Trichomonas vaginalis • Genital herpes• Genital warts • Pubic lice• Donovanosis • Syphilis• Chancroid • Ulcers in STIs |
| 08.11 | Helminth infections Incl Hookworm, Cutaneous larva migrans, Strongyloides, Pinworm, Hydatid disease, Schistomiasis |
| 08.12 | Protozoan infections • Malaria• Toxoplasmosis • Cryptosporidiosis• Chagas disease • Sleeping sickness• Leishmaniasis • Giardiasis• Amoebiasis |
| 08.13 | Misc infections • Sepsis• Animal & human bites • Cellulitis• Lemierre's syndrome • Spinal epidural abscess • Hyposplenism• Diabetic foot infxn • Vaccination schedule |
| 08.14 | Misc infections • Diarrhoea DDx• Gastroenteritis • List of other infections found in book |
| 08.15 | (Online only) Fever of unknown origin |
Most of the information in these pages is obtained from the following references. Where specific guidelines exist, they are linked on their respective pages.
Blaser MJ, Cohen JI, Holland SM, Doi Y, Falsey AR, Garret WS, et al., editors. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s principles and practice of infectious diseases. Tenth edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2025.
Cooke F, Moran E, editors. Oxford handbook of infectious diseases and microbiology. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press; 2023.
