The second edition provides wealth of timely information and up-to-date overview of the commonly encountering infectious diseases in the clinical practice. This book includes material on the most important newly emerging and re-emerging diseases. Each chapter is amply illustrated with photographs and figures provide unparalleled visual guidance. Contains summarizing referenced tables with differential diagnosis, laboratory diagnosis and treatment aspects. Valuable appendices provide cross reference information for each of the bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic diseases.