Close Encounters of the Microbial Kind
Everything You Need to Know About Common Infections
Authors: Wilson, Michael, Wilson, Philippa
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- An in-depth and fascinating look at common infectious diseases
- Allows readers to explore the underlying microbiology or refer to as needed for specific advice
- Current, verifiable, and accessible: a resource to combat the culture of rampant misinformation and non-expert speculation
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- About this book
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Microbes – can’t live with them, can’t live without them. Increasingly, we’re finding out that our microbiota (the microbes that live on us) are essential for our wellbeing – they provide us with nutrients and vitamins and play a key role in developing our immune system. On the other hand, they are responsible for a great deal of misery, as they are major causes of death and debility around the world. As well as our own microbiota turning against us, there are lots of other microbes out in the wider world that can seriously damage, or even kill, those they infect. The current pandemic of COVID-19 shows the devastating effect that an infectious disease can have – our lives have been turned upside down.
If you live in a developed country, you’re not likely to get killer diseases such as ebola and cholera, but you do have a high chance of catching other infections that can have a significant impact on your wellbeing. This book focuses on those infections you’re most likely to go down with, and supplies the answers to the following questions about them:- Which infectious diseases are we likely to come across?
- How common are they?
- What microbes cause them?
- What happens to our bodies during an infection?
- How are the resulting illnesses treated?
- How can we avoid getting them?
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (36 chapters)
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Microbes and Infectious Diseases
Pages 3-48
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Acne
Pages 51-63
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Skin Abscesses
Pages 65-82
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Dandruff
Pages 83-98
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Fungal Nail Infections
Pages 99-109
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Table of contents (36 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Close Encounters of the Microbial Kind
- Book Subtitle
- Everything You Need to Know About Common Infections
- Authors
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- Michael Wilson
- Philippa Wilson
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-56978-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-56978-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-56977-8
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 526
- Topics
