Medical Microbiology
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Introduction
Updates on infectious diseases can be obtained via www.who.int (worldwide); www.cdc.gov; www.niaid.nih.gov (USA); www.hpa.org.uk (UK), www.euro.who.int (Europe).
Chapter 1
Topley and Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections, 10th edition. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell; 2007.
A multi-volume text which, though published some years ago, still gives detailed accounts of all the organisms covered in Medical Microbiology.
Updates on progress with genome sequencing of infectious organisms are available on the websites of the Wellcome Sanger Institute (www.sanger.ac.uk) and The J. Craig Venter Institute (www.jvci.org).
Chapter 2
Beiting D.P., Roos D.S. A systems biological view of intracellular pathogens. Immunol Rev. 2011;240:117–128.
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Chapter 3
Zheng Z.-M. Viral oncogenes, non coding RNAs and RNS splicing in human tumor viruses. Int J Biol Sci. 2010;6:730–755.
Moore P.S., Chang Y. Why do viruses cause cancer? Highlights of the first century of human tumour virology. Nature Reviews. 2010;10:878–889.
Chapter 4
Howard D.H., ed. Pathogenic fungi in humans and animals. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2003.
A multi-author update on recent work in fungal research.
Merz W.G., Hay R.J. Topley and Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections: Medical Mycology, 10th edition, London: Hodder Arnold, 2007.
A detailed account of those fungi which cause disease in humans.
Hibbett D.S., et al. A higher level phylogenetic classification of the fungi. Mycol Res. 2007;111:507–547.
Chapter 5
Cox F.E.G., Wakelin D., Gillespie S.H., Despommier D.D. Topley and Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections: Parasitology, 10th edition, London: Hodder Arnold, 2007.
Wiser M.F. Protozoa and Human Disease. New York: Garland Science; 2010.
Chapter 6
Brindley P.J., et al. Helminth genomics: the implications for human health. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009;3:e538.
Cox F.E.G., Wakelin D., Gillespie S.H., Despommier D.D. Topley and Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections: Parasitology, 10th edition., London: Edward Arnold, 2007.
A multi-author update including sections on all the important helminth parasites of humans.
Despommier D.D., et al. Parasitic Diseases, 5th edition. New York: Apple Trees Productions; 2006.
Spielman A., et al. Arthropod vectors and human disease: an epidemiological approach. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press; 2010.
A well-illustrated text on human parasitology.
Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
Murray P.R.. Human microbiota. Borriello S.P., Murray P.R., Funke G. Topley and Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections: Bacteriology, 10th edition, London: Hodder Arnold, 2007.
Webster J.P. Natural History of Host-Parasite Interactions. In Advances in Parasitology. London: Elsevier; 2009. vol. 68
Chapter 9
Alt F, Marrack P, eds. Curr Opin Immunol. ISSN: 0952-7915.
Appears bi-monthly. Issue no. 1 of each volume deals with ‘Innate Immunity’.
Male D., Brostoff J., Roth D.B., Roitt I.M. Immunology, 7th edition. London: Mosby Elsevier; 2006.
Kaufmann S.H.E., Medzhitov R., Gordon S. The Innate Immune Response to Infection. Washington: ASM Press, 2004.
Chapter 10
Alt F, Marrack P, eds. Curr Opin Immunol. ISSN: 0952-7915
Appears bi-monthly. Issue no. 4 of each volume deals with ‘Immunity to Infection’.
Bottazzi B., Doni A., Garlanda C., Mantovani A. An integrated view of humoral innate immunity: pentraxins as a paradigm. Annu Rev Immunol. 2010;28:157–183.
Creagh E.M., O’Neill L.A. TLRs, NLRs and RIRs: a trinity of pathogen sensors that co-operate in innate immunity. Trends Immunol. 2006;8:352–357.
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Delves P.J., Martin S., Burton D., Roitt I.M. Roitt’s Essential Immunology, 12th edition. Oxford: Blackwell Science; 2011. Chapters 1–5
Flannagan R.S., Cosio G., Grinstein S. Antimicrobial mechanisms of phagocytes and bacterial evasion strategies. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2009;7:355–366.
Medzhitov R. Origin and physiological roles of inflammation. Nature. 2008;454:428–435.
Palm N.W., Medzhitov R. Pattern recognition receptors and control of adaptive immunity. Immunol Rev. 2009;227:221–233.
Ricklin D., Hajishengalis G., Yang K., Lambris J.D. Complement; a key system for immune surveillance and homeostasis. Nat Immunol. 2010;11:785–797.
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Chapter 11
Alt F, Marrack P, eds. Curr Opin Immunol. ISSN: 0952-7915
Appears bi-monthly. Issues 1, 2 and 3 of each volume contain critical reviews.
Batista F.D., Harwood N.E. The who, how and where of antigen presentation to B cells. Nat Rev Immunol. 2009;9:15–27.
Delves P.J., Martin S., Burton D., Roitt I.M. Roitt’s Essential Immunology, 12th edition. Oxford: Blackwell Science; 2011.
Korn T., Bettelli E., Oukka M., Kuchroo V.K. IL-17 and Th17 cells. Annu Rev Immunol. 2009;27:485–517.
Littman D.R., Rudensky A.Y. Th17 and regulatory T cells in mediating and restraining inflammation. Cell. 140, 2010. 845–458
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Mueller D.L. Mechanisms maintaining peripheral tolerance. Nat Immunol. 2010;11:21–27.
Rudensky A.Y. Molecular analysis of Tregs. Annu Rev Immunol. 29, 2011.
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Chapter 12
Jong E.C., Stevens D.L. Netter’s Infectious Diseases. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2011.
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Williams J.V. Deja vu all over again: Koch’s postulates and virology in the 21st century. J Infect Dis. 2010;11:1611–1614.
Chapter 13
Beiting D.P., Roos D.S. A systems biological view of intracellular pathogens. Immunol Rev. 2011;240:117–128.
Hunstad D.A., Justice S.S. Intracellular lifestyles and immune evasion strategies of uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2010;64:203–221.
Keele B.F., Derdeyn C.A. Genetic and antigenic features of the transmitted virus. Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2009;4:352–357.
Lavine J.S., Poss M., Grenfell B.T. Directly transmitted viral diseases: modeling the dynamics of transmission. Trends Microbiol. 2008;16:165–172.
Peleg A.Y., Hogan D.A., Mylonakis E. Medically important bacterial-fungal interactions. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2010;8:340–349.
Pulzova L., Bhide M.R., Andrej K. Pathogen translocation across the blood-brain barrier. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2009;57:203–213.
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Chapter 14
Maizels R.M., Pearce E.J., Artis D., Yazdanbakhsh M., Wynn T.A. Regulation of pathogenesis and immunity in helminth infections. J Exp Med. 2009;206:2059–2066.
Rouse B.T., Sahrawat S. Immunity and immunopathology to viruses: what decides the outcome? Nat Rev Immunol. 2010;10:514–526.
Vivier E., Raulet D.H., Moretta A., Caligiuri M.A., Zitvogel L., Lanier L.L., Yokoyama W.M., Ugolini S. Innate or adaptive immunity? The example of natural killer cells. Science. 2011;331:44–49.
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Chapter 15
McColl B.W., Allan S.M., Rothwell N.J. Systemic infection, inflammation and acute ischemic stroke. Neuroscience. 2009;158:1049–1061.
Teeling J.L., Perry V.H. Systemic infection and inflammation in acute CNS injury and chronic neurodegeneration: underlying mechanisms. Neuroscience. 2009;158:1062–1073.
Loutet S.A., Valvano M.A. A decade of Burkholderia cenocepacia virulence determinant research. Infect Immun. 2010;78:4088–4100.
Somerville G.A., Proctor R.A. At the crossroads of bacterial metabolism and virulence factor synthesis in Staphylococci. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2009;73:233–248.
Simpson R.J. Aging, persistent viral infections, and immunosenescence: can exercise “make space”? Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2011;39:23–33.
Chapter 16
Lambris D., Rickin D., Geisbrecht B.V. Complement evasion by human pathogens. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2008;6:132. doi:10.1038/nrmicro1824
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Chapter 17
Le Douce V., Herbein G., Rohr O., Schwartz C. Molecular mechanisms of HIV-1 persistence in the monocyte-macrophage lineage. Retrovirology. 2010;7:32.
Moir S., Chun T.W., Fauci A.S. Pathogenic mechanisms of HIV disease. Annu Rev Pathol. 2011;6:223–248.
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Chapter 18
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Chapter 19
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Chapter 20
Dielubanza E.J., Schaeffer A.J. Urinary tract infections in women. Med Clin North Am. 2011;95:27–41.
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Chapter 21
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Chapter 22
Ghoshal U.C., Ranjan P. Post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome: the past, the present and the future. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2011;26(Suppl 3):94–101.
Ham M., Kaunitz J.D. Gastroduodenal mucosal defense. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2008;24:665–673.
O’Brien S.J., Halder S.L. GI Epidemiology: infection epidemiology and acute gastrointestinal infections. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007;25:669–674.
Pawlotsky J.M. Virology of hepatitis B and C viruses and antiviral targets. J Hepatol. 2006;44(Suppl 1):S10–S13.
Pawlotsky J.M., Gish R.G. Future therapies for hepatitis C. Antivir Ther. 2006;11:397–408.
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Radford D.A., Gaskell R.M., Hart C.A. Human norovirus infection and the lessons from animal caliciviruses. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2004;17:471–478.
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Chapter 23
Dammann O., Leviton A., Gappa M., Dammann D.E. Lung and brain damage in preterm newborns, and their association with gestational age, prematurity subgroup, infection/inflammation and long term outcome. BJOG. 2005;112(Suppl 1):4–9.
Edwards A.D., Tan S. Perinatal infections, prematurity and brain injury. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2006;18:119–124.
Griffiths P.D. Progress towards interrupting intrauterine transmission of CMV? Rev Med Virol. 2006;16:1–4.
Lam N.C., Gotsch P.B., Langan R.C. Caring for pregnant women and newborns with hepatitis B or C. Am Fam Physician. 2010;82:1225–1229.
Larsen J.W., Sever J.L. Group B Streptococcus and pregnancy: a review. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008;198:440–448.
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Chapter 24
Aiken A.H. Central nervous system infection. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2010;20:557–580.
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Cook T.M., Protheroe R.T., Handel J.M. Tetanus: a review of the literature. Br J Anaesth. 2001;87:477–487.
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Roos K.L. West Nile encephalitis and myelitis. Curr Opin Neurol. 2004;17:343–346.
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Walker M.D., Zunt J.R. Neuroparasitic infections: nematodes. Semin Neurol. 2005;25:252–261.
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Chapter 25
Cox F.E.G., Wakelin D., Gillespie S.H., Despommier D.D. Topley and Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections: Parasitology, 10th edition, Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 2007.
Chapters deal with the major parasite groups that have representatives associated with infections of the eye.
Cronau H., Kankanala R.R., Mauger T. Diagnosis and management of red eye in primary care. Am Fam Physician. 2010;81:137–144.
Gregory M., Callegan M.C., Gilmore M.S. Role of bacterial and host factors in infectious endophthalmitis. Chem Immunol Allergy. 2007;92:266–275.
Kalkanci A., Ozdek S. Ocular fungal infections. Curr Eye Res. 2011;36:179–189.
Mueller J.B., McStay C.M. Ocular infection and inflammation. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2008;26:57–72.
Chapter 26
Curcio D. Resistant pathogen-associated skin and skin-structure infections: antibiotic options. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2010;8:1019–1036.
Grice E.A., Segre J.A. The skin microbiome. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2011;9:244–253.
Kish T.D., Chang M.H., Fung H.B. Treatment of skin and soft tissue infections in the elderly: A review. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2010;8:485–513.
Kujath P., Kujath C. Complicated skin, skin structure and soft tissue infections - are we threatened by multi-resistant pathogens? Eur J Med Res. 15, 2010. 544–453
Menendez-Arias L. Evidence and controversies on the role of XMRV in prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome. Rev Med Virol. 2011;21:3–17.
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Rodgers S., Leslie K.S. Skin infections in HIV-infected individuals in the era of HAART. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2011;24:124–129.
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Chapter 27
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Updates on arbovirus infections are available at: www.CDC.gov/ncidod/dvbid/arbor.
Chapter 28
Chomel B.B., Sun B. Zoonoses in the bedroom. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011;17:167–172.
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Coker R., Rushton J., Mounier-Jack S., Karimuribo E., Lutumba P., Kambarage D., Pfeiffer D.U., Stark K., Rweyemamu M. Towards a conceptual framework to support one-health research for policy on emerging zoonoses. Lancet Infect Dis. 2011;11:326–331.
Feng Y., Xiao L. Zoonotic potential and molecular epidemiology of Giardia species and giardiasis. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2011;24:110–140.
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Chapter 29
Antonyrajah B., Mukundan D. Fever without apparent source on clinical examination. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2008;20:96–102.
Bleeker-Rovers C.P., van der Meer J.W., Oyen W.J. Fever of unknown origin. Semin Nucl Med. 2009;39:81–87.
Chow A., Robinson J.L. Fever of unknown origin in children: a systematic review. World J Pediatr. 2011;7:5–10.
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Tolan R.W.Jr. Fever of unknown origin: a diagnostic approach to this vexing problem. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2010;49:207–213.
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Chapter 30
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Fishman J.A. Infection in renal transplant recipients. Semin Nephrol. 2007;27:445–461.
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Useful Websites
ACGM Compendium of Guidance
www.hse.gov.uk/biosafety/gmo/acgm/acgmcomp/
AJIC – American Journal of Infection Control
www.apic.org/ajic/
AMEDEO free medical literature service
www.amedeo.com
American Society for Microbiiology
www.asm.org
AMM home page
www.amm.co.uk
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response
www.bt.cdc.gov/
BMJ publishing group reviews of clinical evidence for medical practice
http://www.clinicalevidence.org
British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
www.bsac.org.uk
(Contains latest advice on susceptibility testing)
CDC-Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal Homepage
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/index.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov
Directory of medical and veterinary ecto and endoparasites.
www.soton.ac.uk/~ceb/
Doctor’s Guide Personal Edition
www.docguide.com
Electronic Guidelines on effective healthcare
info@eguidelines.co.uk or www.eguidelines.co.uk
EPIC – Evidence Based Practice in Infection Control
www.epic.tvu.ac.uk
Federation of the European Societies for Chemotherapy and Infections
www.fesci.net
Fit for travel
www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk
Food Standards Agency
www.foodstandards.gov.uk
Free medical journals
www.freemedicaljournals.com
The Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis
www.filariasis.org
Health Protection Agency England, Wales and Northern Ireland
www.hpa.org.uk/
Hospital Infection Society
www.his.org.uk/
IDSA Home Page
www.idsociety.org/
Infection Control Nurses Association – UK
www.icna.co.uk
Infectious Disease News from WHO
www.who.int/infectious-disease-news
International Travel and Health
www.who.int/ith/
Intestinal Parasites
www.who.int/ctd/intpara
Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases Antibiotic Guidelines
www.hopkins-abxguide.org
Leprosy Info
www.who.int/lep/
Metaregister of controlled trials
www.controlled-trials.com
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
National Institute for Clinical Excellence summary of guidance issued to the NHS in England and Wales
www.nice.org.uk
National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (NNIS)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/nnis_pubs.html
National Travel Health Network and Centre, UK, for online information on vaccines required for travellers
http://www.nathnac.org/
Rila Publications Ltd
www.rila.co.uk
Roll Back Malaria
www.rbm.who.int
Royal College of Pathologists website for information on courses, links to other learned societies and discussion sites
www.rcpath.org
Sanford Guides – Antimicrobial Therapy & HIV/AIDS Therapy
www.sanfordguide.com/
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
www.sign.ac.uk
SHEA – Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
www.shea-online.org/
The Stop Tuberculosis Initiative website
www.stoptb.org
Surveillance and Response
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TDR Home Page: The UNDP-World Bank-WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Disease
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Therapeutic Guidelines
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UK Clinical Virology Network
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UK HPA Malaria Reference Laboratory
www.malaria-reference.co.uk
UK NEQAS Microbiology home page
www.ukneqasmicro.org.uk
Update on current literature and meetings reports, can be focused to infectious diseases
www.medscape.com
WHO Child Health and Development
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WHO Infectious Diseases report
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WHO Influenza virus vaccine compositions
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/vaccinerecommendations/en/index.html
WHO International Travel and Health
http://www.who.int/ith/en/
WHO Tuberculosis – Prevention and Control
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WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record
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WHO/OMS Vaccines and Biologicals
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WHO/OMS: World Health Organization
www.who.int