A concise, beautifully illustrated book introducing the basic science of medical bacteriology in relation to clinical practice. Explains the essentials of bacterial infection, and also provides the basis for logical diagnostic and management strategies, including the use of antibiotics.

This concise, highly illustrated case-based guide will help community-based primary care physicians and nurses, and laboratory-based microbiologists, better understand each other’s requirements in collecting and interpreting specimens, and thus to improve the quality of patient care.