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This practical textbook summarizes clinical microbiology and infectious diseases in a basic and easy-to-read way. The first part, on general principles of infectious diseases, gives information about microbiology, diagnosis, and antimicrobial chemotherapy and provides fundamental concepts of epidemiology. The second part presents infectious diseases of the main organ systems. The third part addresses specific procedures when treating children and immunocompromised patients and gives a useful overview of health care-associated infections. The fourth part addresses infections of a more global perspective such as tuberculosis, HIV, and influenza, and the final part is devoted to emerging and re-emerging infections.