Comments from readers on previous volumes．The self assessment sections with answers are excellent．All the books in this series have been simple and easy to read，yet contain all the relevant information．

Master Medicine is a series of core texts for medicaI students．Each VOlume incIudes core information on a subiect and a wide variety of self—assessment exercises，with fuII answers．Taken together,the vloumes in the Master MediCine series provide students with a complete package of core texts for self—di rected Iearning and exam revision．

Using this book

Section A Introduction to microbiology and infection

 1 Biology of microorganisms

 2 Pathogenesis of inection

 3 Diagnosis of infectious diseases

 4 Antimicrobial chemotherapy

 5 Prevention and control of infectious diseases

Section B Infection in clinical practice

 6 Infections of the skin and soft tissues

 7 Infections of the respiratory tract

 8 Infections of the gastrointestinal tract and related organs

 9 Urinary tract infections

 10 Infections of the genital tract

 11 Infections of the central nervous system

 12 Infections of the eye and surrounding structures

 13 Bone and joint infections

 14 Congenital and neonatal infections

 15 Infections in older children

 16 Infections in hospital infections

 17 Infections in immunocompromised patients

 18 Infection in international travellers

 19 Orphan infections

 20 Emerging infections

Section C Additional information

 21 Bacterionogy

 22 Viruses

 23 Parasitology

 24 Mycology

 25 Entomology

 26 Laboratory methods

 27 Antimicrobial agents

Index