Section I: Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction Section II: Clinical Infectious Diseases Chapter 2: Upper Respiratory Tract Infections Chapter 3: Lower Respiratory Tract Infections Chapter 4: Mycobacteria and Mycobacterial Infections Chapter 5: Cardiac Infections Chapter 6: Gastrointestinal Infections Chapter 7: Hepatitis Chapter 8: Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Chapter 9: Gynaecological and Obstetric Infections Chapter 10: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Chapter 11: CNS Infections Chapter 12: Eye Infections Chapter 13: Skin Infections Chapter 14: Bone and Joint Infections Chapter 15: Paediatric Infections Chapter 16: Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) Infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Chapter 17: Infections in the Immunocompromised Host Chapter 15: Travel Medicine Chapter 18: Fever Chapter 19: Septic Shock Section III: Tropical and Travel Medicine Chapter 20: Pre-travel Advise Chapter 21: Tropical Medicine and the Returning Traveller Chapter 22: Protozoa Chapter 23: Helminths Section IV: Microbiology Bacteria Chapter 24: Staphylococci Chapter 25: Streptococci and Their Relatives Chapter 26: Aerobic Gram-Positive Rods Chapter 27: Coliforms (syn. enterobacteria, Enterobacteriaceae) Chapter 28: Vibrios Chapter 29: Campylobacters Chapter 30: Pseudomonads Chapter 31: Fastidious Gram-Negative Organisms Chapter 32: Anaerobes Chapter 33: Spirochaetes Chapter 34: Mycoplasmas, Chlamydias and Rickettsias Chapter 35: Virology Chapter 36: Fungi Section V: Antibiotic Therapy Chapter 37: Antibiotics: Theory, Usage and Abuse Chapter 38: Antibiotics: Classification and Dosing Guidelines Appendix 1: Bioterrorism Agents Appendix 2: Immunization Schedule.