Table of Contents
Section 1
1: Antibacterials, Shalom Ben-Shimol and Ron Dagan
2: Antifungals, Charalampos Antachopoulos
3: Antiparasitics, Geoffrey Edwards
4: Antivirals, Eleni Nastouli
5: Antimicrobial stewardship, Theoklis Zaoutis and Beatriz Larru
6: Bacterial Meningitis, Andrew Pollard and Manish Sadarangani
7: Bone or Joint Infection, Saul Faust
8: Cardiac Infection, Georgi Christov and Garth Dixon
9: Central venous line infection, Michael Millar and Jo Seale
10: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Peter Rudd
11: Congenital Infection, Kirsty Mehring-Le Doare
12: Diarrhoea and Vomiting, Jim Buttery
13: Emerging Infections and pandemic preparedness, Shamez Ladhani
14: Encephalitis, Jethro Herberg
15: Enlarged Lymph Nodes, Jolanta Bernatoniene
16: Ocular Infections, Shelley Segal
17: Immunocompromised children with infections, Thomas Lehrnbecher
18: Immunisation in immunocompromised children, Matthew Snape, Tim Sell, and Rahale Tavanayan Fard
19: Infection Control in the Community, Janet McCulloch
20: Infection Control in the Hospital- HCAI, Jim Gray
21: Laboratory Diagnosis of Infection, Jim Gray
22: LRTI, Nicola Principi
23: Neonatal Infection, Paul Heath and Stefania Vergnano
24: Periodic Fever, Athimalaipet Ramanan and Marion Roderick
25: Pyrexia of Unknown Origin, Anita Modi
26: Rash, Penelope Bryant
27: Gram-positive infections, Nikos Spryidis and Jim Gray
28: Gram-negative infections, Jim Gray
29: Refugees and Internationally Adopted Children, David Elliman
30: Returning from Abroad with an Infection, Andrew Riordan
31: Sepsis Syndrome, Marieke Emonts
32: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Alyson Elliman and Claire Rohan
33: Skin and Soft Tissue Infection, Cilian O Maoldomhnaigh and Patrick Gavin
34: Suspected Immunodeficiency, Austen Worth
35: Systematic Fungal Infection, Adilia Warris
36: Toxic Shock Syndrome, Tom Wolfs
37: Trauma Bites and Burns, Ian Maconochie and Rebecca Salter
38: Travelling Abroad, Matthew Ellis and Jane Wilson Howarth
39: Urinary Tract Infections in Children, Maria Bitsori
40: URTI, Ulrich Heininger and Jan Bonhoeffer
41: Zoonoses, Richard Cooke
Section 2
42: Adenovirus, Herman Goossens
43: Amoebiasis, Scott Hackett
44: Anaerobic, Steven Welch
45: Arboviruses, Nuria Martinez-Allier
46: Ascariasis (Roundworm), Maribel González Tomé
47: Aspergillosis, Lucinda Winckworth
48: Botulism (Food-borne and Infant Botulism), Robert Cunney
49: Brucellosis, Julia M Kenny
50: Campylobacter, Nikos Spyridis
51: Candidiasis, Emmanuel Roilides
52: Cat-Scratch Disease, Nicol Principi
53: Varicella zoster virus, Kirsty le Doare
54: Chlamydia pneumoniae, Nicola Principi
55: Chlamydia psittaci, Nicola Principi
56: Chlamydia trachomatis, Nicola Principi
57: Cholera, Dominique Legros
58: Clostridium Difficile, Susanna Liviadiotti, Laura Folgori and Livia Gargiullo
59: Conjunctivitis, Rowan Heath
60: Cryptosporidiosis, Mary Slatter
61: Cytomegalovirus Infection, Suzanne Luck
62: Dermatophytoses: Tinea Capitis, Corporis, Pedis and Unguium, Veronika Dvorakova and Rosemary Watson
63: Diptheria, Rick Malley and Irja Lutsar
64: Enteroviruses and Parechoviruses, Jethro Herberg and Rogier van Doorn
65: Rhinoviruses, Sue Liebeschuetz
66: Giardiasis
67: Gonococcal Infection, Theresa Cole
68: Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome, Nicole van der Kar
69: Haemorrhagic Fevers, Anna Papa
70: Haemophilus influenzae, Shamez Ladhani
71: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease, Irja Lutsar, Emily Williams and Piia Jõgi
72: Helicobacter pylori Infection, Alfredo Guarino
73: Hepatitis A & E, Samreen Ijaz and Shamez Ladhani
74: Hepatitis B, Suzanne Davison
75: Hepatitis C, Suzanne Davison
76: HSV1 & HSV2, Kirsty le Doare
77: HSV6 & HSV7, Simon Drysdale
78: HIV, Carlo Giaquinto
79: Infectious Helminthiasis, Adam Finn
80: Epstein-Barr Virus (Infectious mononucleosis), Eda Tamm
81: Influenza and Para-Influenza, Terho Heikkinen
82: Intestinal Worms (threadworms), Lei Ang
83: Kawasaki Disease, Despina Eleftheriou
84: Legionnaires' Disease, Marta Palusinska-Szysz
85: Leishmaniasis, Shalom Ben-Shimol
86: Listeriosis, Nicola Prinicipi
87: Lyme Disease, Peter Rudd
88: Malaria, Shamez Ladhani
89: Measles, Vana Papavangelou
90: Meningococcal Disease, Michiel van der Flier
91: Mumps, Stanley Plotkin and Mary Ramsay
92: Mycobacterial Infection (atypical), Philipp Henneke
93: Mycoplasma Infections, Annemarie van Rossum and Patrick M.Meyer
94: Nits and Head Lice, Marc Tebruegge
95: Norovirus, Miguel O'Ryan
96: Other Fungal Infections, Adilia Warris
97: Papilloma virus, Katja Doerholt
98: Parvovirus Infection, Penelope Bryant
99: Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Alison Kent and Ulrich Heininger
100: Plague, Hermione Lyall
101: Pneumococcal Disease, Alistair Bamford
102: Pneumocytis carinii Pneumonia, Aspasia Katragkou
103: Poliomyelitis, Patrizia D'argenio and Lorenza Romani
104: Poxvirus Infection (including Molluscum Contagiosum), Jolanta Bernatoniene
105: Prion Disease (Spongiform Encephalitis), Jolanta Bernatoniene
106: Rabies, Bhanu Williams and Vas Novelli
107: Respiritory Syncytial Virus Infection, Jennifer Handforth
108: HHV6, T Ronan Leahy
109: Rotavirus and other Viral Enteropathogens, Carlo Giaquinto
110: Rubella, Pat Tookey
111: Salmonellosis, Jolanta Bernatoniene
112: Scabies, David Elliman
113: Schistosomiasis, Karyn Moshal
114: Shigellosis, Lei Ang
115: Staphylococcal Infections and MRSA, Jim Gray
116: Streptococcal Infections (excluding pneumococcus), Phillip Henneke
117: Syphillis, Shalom Ben-Shimol
118: Tetanus, Mitul Patel
119: Tick-borne Encephalitis, Ulrich Jeininger and Herwig Kollaritsch
120: Toxocariasis, Mitul Patel
121: Toxoplasmosis, Simon Drysdale
122: Tuberculosis, Maria Tsolia and Delane Shingadia
123: Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers, Christopher Parry
124: Typhus, Wai-Tim Jim, Hsin Chi and Nan-Chang Chiu
125: Yellow Fever, David Hill and Hilary J Simons
126: Yersiniosis, Mary Slack
127: Kingella, Pablo Yagupsky and Ron Dagan
Appendices
1: Morbidity and Mortality from infection, Shamez Ladhani
2: Exclusion Period
3: Variation in Immunisation Schedules: UK and Europe, Paul Heath and Ulrich Heininger
Tables
1: Formulary
2: Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases in Europe
3: Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases in the UK
4: Useful Contacts, Websites, Pictures