This Oxford Textbook of Infectious and Tropical Diseases is derived from the Oxford Textbook of Medicine 5e, the foremost international textbook of medicine. The text has been updated and revised to offer a uniquely comprehensive coverage focusing on offering practical guidenace on present-day clinical management and the prevention of a wide range of familiar and emerging infectious and tropical diseases. The textbook is illustrated in full colour throughout.

Selected and updated chapters from the Oxford textbook of medicine, 5th edition. Includes index.

Pathogenic microorganisms and the host -- The patient with suspected infection -- Immunization -- Travel and expedition medicine -- Viruses -- Bacteria -- Fungi (mycoses) -- Protozoa -- Nematodes (roundworms) -- Cestodes (tapeworms) -- Trematodes (flukes) -- Nonvenomous arthropods -- Pentastomiasis (porocephalosis, linguatulosis/linguatuliasis).