Chapter 1. Microbes and infectious diseases
SECTION 2. SKIN INFECTIONS
Chapter 2. Acne
Chapter 3. Skin abscesses (boils)
Chapter 4. Dandruff
Chapter 5. Fungal nail infections
Chapter 6. Fungal infections of the skin
Chapter 7. Chickenpox
Chapter 8. Shingles
Chapter 9. Common warts
SECTION 3. INFECTIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Chapter 10. The common cold
Chapter 11. Influenza
Chapter 12. Sore throat
Chapter 13. Coronavirus disease-2019
Chapter 14. Acute sinusitis
Chapter 15. Chronic sinusitis
Chapter 16. Otitis media (middle ear infection)
Chapter 17. Otitis externa (swimmers ear)
Chapter 18. Acute bronchitis (chest cold)
SECTION 4. INFECTIONS OF THE EYE
Chapter 19. Conjunctivitis (pink eye)
SECTION 5. INFECTIONS OF THE ORAL CAVITY
Chapter 20. Tooth decay (caries)
Chapter 21. Gum disease
Chapter 22. Bad breath
Chapter 23. Oral thrush
Chapter 24. Oral herpes
SECTION 6. INFECTIONS OF THE GENITO-URINARY SYSTEM
Chapter 25. Cystitis (lower urinary tract infection)
Chapter 26. Vaginitis
Chapter 27. Chlamydia
Chapter 28. Gonorrhoea
Chapter 29. Genital herpes
Chapter 30. Genital warts
Chapter 31. Syphilis
SECTION 7. INFECTIONS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
Chapter 32. Gastroenteritis due to Campylobacter
Chapter 33. Gastroenteritis due to Salmonella
Chapter 34. Gastroenteritis due to Clostridium perfringens
Chapter 35. Gastroenteritis due to Norovirus
Chapter 36. Gastroenteritis due to Rotavirus
Professor Michael Wilson is an Emeritus Professor of Microbiology at University College London and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists. He has written 337 scientific papers and 12 books on microbiology and infectious diseases and has supervised the research projects of 35 PhD and 46 MSc students. As well as carrying out research and teaching, he has 33 years experience in the laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases. Dr. Philippa J. K. Wilson graduated in medicine from Nottingham University Medical School in 1995 and then worked in hospitals for five years before becoming a General Practitioner in 2001. She passed the exams for membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2009. She currently works on the south coast of England as a Primary Care Physician/General Practitioner.