Content:


1. Microbiology : the science
2. Viewing the microbial world
3. Cell structure and taxonomy
4. Microbial diversity: pt 1. Acellular and procaryotic microbes
5. Microbial diversity: pt. 2. Eucaryotic microbes
6. Biochemistry : the chemistry of life
7. Microbial physiology and genetics
8. Controlling microbial growth in vitro
9. Controlling microbial growth in vivo using antimicrobial agents
10. Microbial ecology and microbial biotechnology
11. Epidemiology and public health
12. Healthcare epidemiology
13. Diagnosing infectious diseases
14. Pathogenesis of infectious diseases
15. Nonspecific host defense mechanisms
16. Specific host defense mechanisms: an introduction to immunology
17. Overview of infectious diseases
18. Viral infections
19. Bacterial infections
20. Fungal infections
21. Parasitic infections.

Summary:

"This textbook is designed specifically for students and professionals in the health sciences. As you advance through the text, you'll not only gain a solid foundation in microbiology, you'll also learn to apply you new knowledge to provide patients with safe, effective care." "This Ninth Edition has been thoroughly updated to help you discover how microbes cause disease and how the body protects itself from pathogens and infectious diseases. The text's easy-to-follow explanations will help you to understand common as well as new and emerging microbial threats. Moreover, you'll get the lastest information on such key topics as antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents, epidemiology and public health, healthcare-associated infections, infection control and laboratory tests used to assist in the diagnosis of infectious diseases."--Jacket.