Burton's microbiology for the health sciences
- 9th ed.
- Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2011
- x, 433 p. : 28 cm.
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.
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Allied health personnel Microbiology Communicable disease Medical microbiology