ABSTRACT

Throughout the 20th century infectious diseases remained the leading cause of premature mortality, but increasing availability of drugs and vaccines to combat and prevent infection led many to believe that the threat from infectious disease in industrialized countries was all but over. However recent events have proved that this is not the case. Th

part |2 pages

Part I: Mycology

part |2 pages

Part II: Emerging problems and solutions to antibiotic-resistant bacteria

chapter 5|20 pages

Enterococci

chapter 6|18 pages

Pneumococcal vaccination

chapter 8|16 pages

Burkholderia cepacia complex

part |2 pages

Part Ill: Emerging infections

chapter 9|24 pages

Typhoid fever

chapter 10|16 pages

Tuberculosis

chapter 13|20 pages

Meningitis