Table of Contents

Virulence factors; host defense mechanisms; epidemiology of infectious disease; anti-infective therapy; fever; upper-resporatory tract infections; urinary tract infection; peritonitis and other intra-abdominal infections; cardiovascular infections; central nervous system infections; skin and soft tissue infections; infections related to trauma; gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning; diseases of the reproductive organs and sexually transmitted diseases; eye infections; hepatitis; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); viral diseases; chlamydial diseases; rickettsiosis; bacterial diseases; mycoses; protozoal diseases; disease due to helminths; ectoparasites; diseases of unknown etiology; infections in special hosts; immunization; protection of travellers.