Section 1: The basic biology of bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites 1: Armine Sefton: The biology of bacteria 2: Cheuk Yan William Tong, Anna Jeffery-Smith: The biology of viruses 3: Rohini Manuel, Stephanie Smith: The biology of fungi 4: Robert Serafino Wani: Parasites and worms 5: Caryn Rosmarin: Host-parasite (microbe) relationship 6: Jonathan Lambourne, Ruaridh Buchanan, Emily Zinser: Basic immunology Section 2: Microbiology, virology and laboratory practice 7: Caryn Rosmarin: The use of the laboratory in the investigation, management and prevention of infection 8: Satya Das, Heather Dolphin, Fatima Ahmad, Gurtan Atamturk, Jennifer Henderson, Tim Linehan, Robert Serafino Wani: Bacteriology diagnostic methods 9: Anthony R. Oliver: Virological diagnostic methods 10: Rohini Manuel, Shila Seaton: Fungal diagnostics 11: Duncan Clark, Mark Wilks: Molecular diagnostics 12: Anthony R. Oliver: Laboratory quality control and accreditation Section 3: Health and safety 13: Cheuk Yan William Tong: Biosafety categorisations and containment levels Section 4: Principles of public health in relation to communicable diseases 14: Marina Basarab: Key communicable diseases of public health significance and UK legislations 15: Cheuk Yan William Tong: Vaccine preventable diseases Section 5: Infection prevention and control 16: Martina Cummins, Jacob Geroge: Common organisms responsible for hospital acquired infection 17: Martina Cummins, Jacob George: The concept of chain of infection and infection control principles 18: Caoimhe NicFhogartaigh, Sarfaraz Ameen: Antimicrobial stewardship 19: Martina Cummins, Stephanie Smith: Tools in infection prevention and control 20: Martina Cummins, Sylvia Martin: Sterilisation and decontamination Section 6: Important clinical syndromes 21: Mark Melzer: Sepsis 22: Mark Melzer: Pyrexia of unknown origin 23: Cheuk Yan William Tong: Blood borne virus infections 24: Simon Tiberi: Tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections 25: Mark Melzer: Multisystem infections 26: Satya Das, Robert Serafino Wani: Cardiovascular infections 27: Caoimhe NicFhogartaigh, Rohma Ghani: Skin and soft tissue infections 28: Jayshree Dave, Rohma Ghani: Bone and joint infections 29: Simon Tiberi: Upper and lower respiratory tract infections 30: Michael Millar, Anna Riddell, Cheuk Yan William Tong: Gastro-intestinal, hepatic, pancreatic and biliary infections 31: Jayshree Dave, Cheuk Yan William Tong: Urinary tract and genital infections including Sexually Transmitted Infections 32: Caryn Rosmarin: Neurological infections 33: Caryn Rosmarin, Ruaridh Buchanan: Ocular infections 34: Michael Millar: Device-associated infections 35: Caoimhe NicFhogartaigh, Marta Gonzalaz Sanz: Zoonotic infections 36: Cheuk Yan William Tong: Exanthemata 37: Michael Millar, Anna Riddell: Pregnancy-associated infections 38: Michael Millar, Steve Kempley: Infections in neonates and young infants 39: Jonathan Lambourne, Marta Gonzalaz Sanz, Anna Riddell: Infections in immunocompromised hosts 40: Sherine Thomas: Post-infection syndromes Section 7: Understanding use of antimicrobial agents 41: Armine Sefton, Ruaridh Buchanan: Mechanism of antimicrobials 42: Armine Sefton: Use of antimicrobials and toxicity 43: David Wareham, Ruaridh Buchanan: Mechanism of antimicrobial resistance 44: David Wareham, Lynette Phee: Methods to detect antimicrobial resistance 45: Jonathan Lambourne, Ruaridh Buchanan: The role of immunotherapy 46: Mark Melzer: Out-patient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) 47: Cheuk Yan William Tong: Anti-virals Section 7: Vaccination 48: Cheuk Yan William Tong: Different types of vaccines 49: Gee Yen Shin: Vaccination schedules 50: Gee Yen Shin: Vaccination of specific patient groups 51: Cheuk Yan William Tong, Jayshree Dave: Post-exposure prophylaxis Section 9: The management of HIV infection 52: Chloe Orkin, Palwasha Khan, Sarah Parry: Epidemiology and natural history of HIV infection 53: Cheuk Yan William Tong, Anna Jeffery-Smith: Laboratory diagnosis and monitoring of HIV infection 54: Chloe Orkin, Subathira Dakshina, Palwasha Khan: Therapeutic options for HIV infection 55: Chloe Orkin, Elizabeth Williams: Opportunistic infections in HIV patients Section 10: Travel and geographical health 56: Zahir O. E. Babiker, Desmond Hsu: Geographical pattern of infectious diseases and prevention for the travellers 57: Zahir O. E. Babiker, Angelina Jayakumar: Malaria 58: Zahir O. E. Babiker, Desmond Hsu: Fever in returned travellers