Now in full colour, this new edition of the bestselling Medical Microbiology covers: * Microbial biology * Infection and immunity * Bacterial pathogens and associated diseases * Viral pathogens and associated diseases * Fungal pathogens and parasitic infections * Diagnosis, treatment and control of infection The major portion gives an organism-based systematic coverage of microbiology. Each organism is considered under a standard set of headings: Description, Pathogenesis, Clinical features, Laboratory diagnosis, Treatment, and Epidemiology. The section on immunology covers that part of the subject that is of direct relevance to the understanding of microbial infection.