Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bacteria / W.B. Hugo -- Mycology / R.C. Rees & A.M. Dickinson -- Viruses / D.J. Stickler -- Principles of microbial pathogenicity and epidemiology / P. Gilbert -- Types of antibiotics and synthetic antimicrobial agents / A.D. Russell -- Clinical uses of antimicrobial drugs / R.G. Finch -- Manufacture of antibiotics / G. Fare -- Principles of methods of assaying antibiotics / D.S. Reeves & L.O. White -- Mechanisms of action of antibiotics / P.A. Lambert -- Bacterial resistance to antibiotics / T.J. Franklin -- Chemical disinfectants, antiseptics and preservatives / E.M. Scott & S.P. Gorman -- Evaluation of non-antibiotic antimicrobial agents / W.B. Hugo & A.D. Russell -- Mode of action of non-antibiotic antibacterial agents / W.B. Hugo -- Resistance to non-antibiotic antimicrobial agents / P.A. Lambert -- Fundamentals of immunology / J.R. Furr -- Manufacture and quality control of immunological products / F.W. Sheffield -- Ecology of microorganisms as it affects the pharmaceutical industry / E. Underwood -- Microbial spoilage and preservation of pharmaceutical products / E.G. Beveridge.

(cont) Contamination of non-sterile pharmaceuticals in hospital and community environments / R.M. Baird -- Principles and practice of sterilization / S.P. Denyer -- Sterile pharmaceutical products / M.C. Allwood -- Factory and hospital hygiene and good manufacturing practice / S.P. Denyer -- Sterilization control and sterility testing / S.P. Denyer -- Production of therapeutically useful substances by recombinant DNA technology / S.B. Primrose -- Additional applications of microorganisms in the pharmaceutical sciences / P. Williams.