Main description:

Case Studies in Infection Control has 25 cases, each focusing on an infectious disease, which illustrate the critical aspects of infection control and prevention. Scenarios in the cases are real events from both community and hospital situations, and written by experts. Although brief comments are included in relation to the organism, diagnosis, and treatment the main emphasis is on the case, its epidemiology, and how the situation should be managed from the perspective of infection control and prevention. Each case also has multiple choice questions and answers as well as listing international guidelines and references. All the cases will be an invaluable learning tool for anyone studying or practicing infection control.

Contents:

Case 1: Anthrax

Case 2: Aspergillosis

Case 3: Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) in Cystic Fibrosis

Case 4: Campylobacter jejuni

Case 5: Clostridium difficile infection

Case 6: An Outbreak of Cryptosporidia sp. Associated with a Swimming Pool

Case 7: Giardia Outbreaks on Ship

Case 8: HIV

Case 9: Human papillomavirus (HPV)

Case 10: A Laboratory Incident Linked to Exposure to Botulinum Toxin

Case 11: Legionella pneumophila Infection

Case 12: Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)

Case 13: Measles: Achieving National Control of a Vaccine Preventable Infection

Case 14: Three Cases of MERS-CoV

Case 15: A Case of Hospital-Acquired MRSA

Case 16: Neisseria gonorrhoeae with High-level Resistance to Azithromycin

Case 17: Increased Number of Infections with Plasmodium spp. during a Period of Socio-political Instability

Case 18: A Clinical Incident Linked to Prion-associated Disease

Case 19: An Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Case 20: Rabies

Case 21: An Outbreak of Non-Typhoid Salmonellosis in the Workplace

Case 22: A Case of Toxoplasmosis in Pregnancy

Case 23: Viral Haemorrhagic Fever

Case 24: A Case of Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC)

Case 25: A Case of Varicella Zoster Virus in a Maternity Unit