Table of contents : Introduction to microbiology -- Biochemistry basics -- Introduction to prokaryotic cells -- Introduction to eukaryotic cells -- Genetics -- Viruses and prions -- Fundamentals of microbial growth -- Microbial metabolism -- Principles of infectious disease and epidemiology -- Host-microbe interactions and pathogenesis -- Innate immunity -- Adaptive immunity -- Immune system disorders -- Vaccines and biotechnology-based diagnostics and therapeutics -- Antimicrobial drugs -- Respiratory system infections -- Skin and eye infections -- Nervous system infections -- Digestive system infections -- Urinary and reproductive system infections -- Cardiovascular and lymphatic infections.