Medical Microbiology.: A Guide to Microbial Infections : Pathogenesis, Immunity, Laboratory Diagnosis and Control, 16th Edition - Tapa blanda

"This book maintains its strong tradition of providing medical students, junior doctors, biomedical scientists and other health care professionals with an up-to-date, comprehensive and authoritative account of medical microbiology." Dr Paul Wright, Consultant Microbiologist, Conquest Hospital, East Sussex, The Royal College of Pathologists, College Bulletin, April 2003 latest edition of Medical Microbiology reaches the high standards set by previous editions and should be a required purchase for all medical and biomedical students. It should, in addition, be of value to all healthcare scientists who seek an authoritative, accessible text in medical microbiology. At the published price, it is excellent value for money." T Scott, British Journal of Biomedical Science, October 2003

The book is divided into six sections:

Microbial biology
Infection and immunity
Bacterial pathogens and associated diseases
Viral pathogens and associated diseases
Fungal pathogens and parasitic infections
Diagnosis, treatment and control of infection

The major portion gives a organism-based systematic coverage of microbiology. Each organism is considered under a standard set of headings:

Description
Pathogenesis
Clinical features
Laboratory diagnosis
Treatment
Epidemiology

The section on immunology covers that part of the subject that is of direct relevance to the understanding of microbial infection.