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InhaltsangabePreface. Acknowledgements. How to use this book. Part 1 Basics. Laboratory diagnosis of infection. Antimicrobial chemotherapy. Infection and immunity. Approach to the patient. Part 2 Cases. Case 1 A 68yearold woman with bloody diarrhoea. Case 2 A 73yearold man who has been feeling generally unwell for 2 weeks. Case 3 A 36yearold man with hospitalacquired pneumonia. Case 4 A 26yearold male with jaundice. Case 5 A 28yearold female student with severe headache and drowsiness. Case 6 A 30yearold female with a vesicular skin rash. Case 7 A 37yearold man with fever and pleuritic pain. Case 8 A 14yearold school girl with a rash. Case 9 A 68yearold woman with fever and muscle pains. Case 10 A 35yearold teacher with fever and chills on return from Malawi. Case 11 A 32yearold man with night sweats and fatigue. Case 12 A 41yearold male with a red, hot and swollen left lower leg. Case 13 An 18-year-old female student with vaginal discharge. Case 14 An outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting on an orthopaedic ward. Case 15 An antenatal visit. Case 16 Headache in a 35-year-old South African woman. Case 17 A 64yearold man with fever and rigors. Case 18 A 42yearman with fever, cough and myalgia. Case 19 A 75yearold man with a sore hip. Case 20 A 24yearold man with acute myelogenous leukaemia who has developed a fever. Case 21 A 53yearold man with fever, severe back pain and abdominal pain. Case 22 A 20yearold female student with a rash, fever, myalgia and diarrhoea. Case 23 A 54yearold man with a cough and night sweats. Case 24 A 15yearold boy with fever and a sore throat. Part 3 Selfassessment. MCQs. EMQs. SAQs. Answers. Index of cases by diagnosis or organism. Index.