CONTENTS
SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1
Chapter 1 Introduction to Infectious Diseases: Host–Pathogen Interactions 1
Chapter 2 Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis 8
Chapter 3 Immunization Principles and Vaccine Use 22
Chapter 4 Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases 35
Chapter 5 Microbial Bioterrorism 47
SECTION 2 BACTERIAL INFECTIONS 60
Chapter 6 Treatment and Prophylaxis of Bacterial Infections 60
Chapter 7 Meningococcal Infections 75
Chapter 8 Salmonellosis 85
Chapter 9 Shigellosis 93
Chapter 10 Infections Due to Campylobacter and Related Organisms 99
Chapter 11 Cholera and Other Vibrioses 103
Chapter 12 Brucellosis 109
Chapter 13 Plague and Other Yersinia Infections 116
Chapter 14 Tuberculosis 126
Chapter 15 Antituberculosis Drugs 147
Chapter 16 Syphilis 157
Chapter 17 Leptospirosis 167
Chapter 18 Relapsing Fever 174
Chapter 19 Lyme Borreliosis 179
Chapter 20 Rickettsial Diseases 185
Chapter 21 Infections Due to Mycoplasmas 196
Chapter 22 Chlamydial Infections 200
Chapter 23 Meningitis, Encephalitis, Brain Abscess, and Empyema 212
Chapter 24 Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock 244
SECTION 3 VIRAL INFECTIONS 257
Chapter 25 Medical Virology 257
Chapter 26 Antiviral Chemotherapy, Excluding Antiretroviral Drugs 267
Chapter 27 Herpes Simplex Virus Infections 276
Chapter 28 Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections 289
Chapter 29 Epstein-Barr Virus Infections, Including Infectious Mononucleosis 294
Chapter 30 Cytomegalovirus 299
Chapter 31 Common Viral Respiratory Infections 304
Chapter 32 Influenza 314
Chapter 33 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease: Aids and Related Disorders 323
Chapter 34 Viral Gastroenteritis 412
Chapter 35 Acute Viral Hepatitis 419
Chapter 36 Chronic Viral Hepatitis 444
Chapter 37 Enteroviruses and Reoviruses 456
Chapter 38 Measles (Rubeola) 464
Chapter 39 Rubella (German Measles) 470
Chapter 40 Mumps 473
Chapter 41 Rabies and Other Rhabdovirus Infections 476
Chapter 42 Infections Caused by Arthropod- and Rodent-Borne Viruses 481
Chapter 43 Ebola and Marburg Viruses 503
SECTION 4 PRION DISEASES 507
Chapter 44 Prion Diseases 507
SECTION 5 FUNGAL INFECTIONS 516
Chapter 45 Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Infections 516
Chapter 46 Cryptococcosis 520
Chapter 47 Candidiasis 525
Chapter 48 Aspergillosis 532
Chapter 49 Pneumocystis Infections 537
SECTION 6 PROTOZOAL AND HELMINTHIC INFECTIONS 541
Chapter 50 Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Infections 541
Chapter 51 Agents Used to Treat Parasitic Infections 551
Chapter 52 Amebiasis and Infection with Free-Living Amebas 559
Chapter 53 Malaria 565
Chapter 54 Leishmaniasis 580
Chapter 55 Toxoplasmosis Infections 589
Chapter 56 Intestinal Nematode Infections 595
Chapter 57 Filarial and Related Infections 602
Chapter 58 Schistosomiasis and Other Trematode Infections 611
Chapter 59 Cestode Infections 618
Chinese-English Vocabulary 624