Published March, 2011
By Anthony R. M. Coates
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Many bacteria survive infection of their host in a low growth state, including the classic persistent infectious bacteria, tuberculosis. This 2003 book will interest microbiologists, medical microbiologists and infectious disease clinicians who are interested in learning more about the fundamental science of bacterial dormancy in relation to disease.

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Published February, 2011
By Katja Becker, Paul M. Selzer and K. Becker
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH)
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This title is the first dealing with drug discovery for apicomplexan parasites, which cause prominent diseases like Malaria, Toxoplasmosis and Babesiosis. Focusing on current approaches for drug development for all apicomplexan diseases it is appealing to a large audience.

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Published February, 2011
By James Masten and James Schmidtberger
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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This gay man's guide to aging with HIV offers a realistic, optimistic model for adapting to change, whether driven by age, AIDS, or some combination thereof. Its unique three-part model identifies the changes and challenges men struggle with and lays out a roadmap of 10 strategies for optimal aging with HIV.

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Published January, 2011
By Julian Savulescu, Michael J. Selgelid, Angela McLean and Nimalan Arinaminpathy
Publisher: Springer
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Infectious disease ethics is one of the fastest growing-and increasingly being recognised as one of the most important-topics in bioethics and public health ethics.

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Published January, 2011
By Carol A. Kauffman, Peter G. Pappas, Jack D. Sobel and William E. Dismukes
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Clinical Mycology offers a comprehensive review of this discipline. Organized by types of fungi, this volume covers microbiologic, epidemiologic and demographic aspects of fungal infections as well as diagnostic, clinical, therapeutic, and preventive approaches. Special patient populations are also detailed.

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Published January, 2011
By Robert S. Bonser, Domenico Pagano and Axel Haverich
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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Part of the Monographs in Cardiac Surgery Series - Introducing 'basic science into the cardiac operating room'.

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Published January, 2011
By Anand Kumar
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Features articles on: Optimizing Antimicrobial Therapy in Life-threatening infection, sepsis and septic shock; General principles of antimicrobial dosing and PK/PD; Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic issues in the critically ill with severe sepsis and septic shock; Understanding antimicrobial resistance; and, Antifungal therapy.

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Published January, 2011
By Scott A. Norton, Aisha Sethi and Scott Norton
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Dermatology
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Reviews tropical dermatology. This book gathers a panel of experts to pen articles on topics including Buruli ulcer, Outbreaks of atypical mycobacterial disease, Streptococcal pyoderma and acute rheumatic fever, Treating MRSA in the tropics, Mosquito-borne hemorrhagic fevers, Dermatologic cases at the National Zoo, and, AIDS and leprosy.

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Published January, 2011
By Helena M. Tabery
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) is a common disease in the elderly and the immunosuppressed, with potentially devastating sequelae. Three rare cases of ocular surface involvement in acute HZO are included, and the final chapter carefully compares varicella-zoster virus epithelial keratitis in HZO and the lesions of herpes simplex virus.

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Published January, 2011
By T.K. Jha, E. Noiri and Eisei Noiri
Publisher: Springer
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Therapeutic regimens for visceral leishmaniasis (also Kala-azar, Dum-dum fever or black fever), caused by parasitic protozoa of the Leishmania genus, evolve at a pace never seen before.

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