Overview
The new edition of this popular text presents microbiology in a succinct, easy-to-use, and engaging manner. Clear discussions explain how microbes cause disease in humans, and review the updated vaccines and new antibiotics currently available to treat these diseases. Expert coverage of basic principles, the immune response, laboratory diagnosis, bacteriology, virology, mycology, and parasitology ensures that you’ll understand all the facts vital to the practice of medicine today. A revised artwork program illustrates the appearance of disease, simplifying complex information, while text boxes and additional summary tables emphasize essential concepts and learning issues for more efficient exam review. Online access to Student Consult—where you’ll find the complete contents of the book, fully searchable...Integration Links to bonus content in other Student Consult titles...updated features for both students and instructors...and much more—further enhances your study and exponentially boosts your reference power.
• Focuses on why the biologic properties of organisms are important to disease in humans, equipping you with a practical understanding of microbiology.
• Examines etiology, epidemiology, host defenses, identification, diagnosis, prevention, and control for each microbe in consistently organized chapters, enabling you to find the information you need fast.
• Features summary tables and text boxes that emphasize essential concepts and learning issues, enabling you to make your exam review more efficient.
• Correlates basic science with clinical practice through review questions at the end of each chapter to help you understand the clinical relevance of the organisms examined.
• Uses clinical cases from literature reports to illustrate the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases.
• Features revised artwork—more than 635 brilliant images, nearly all in full color—that offers a more consistent and modern approach to the study of medical microbiology.
• Provides more clinical photographs throughout that help you better understand the clinical applications of microbiology.
• Offers expanded use of summary boxes for bacteria throughout all organism chapters to further enhance your review and learning.
• Includes enhanced Student Consult features including self-assessment questions, clinical cases, animations showing the actions of various important toxins, and a PowerPoint presentation with supplemental images of organisms and stains.
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The book contains predominantly color illustrations, with some black-and-white illustrations.
Synopsis
A succinct, easy-to-use, and engaging way to study microbiology! Clear discussions explain how microbes cause disease in humans, and review the updated vaccines and new antibiotics currently available to treat these diseases. Expert coverage of basic principles, the immune response, laboratory diagnosis, bacteriology, virology, mycology, and parasitology ensures that you’ll understand all the facts vital to the practice of medicine today. Focuses on why the biologic properties of organisms are important to disease in humans, equipping you with a practical understanding of microbiology. Examines etiology, epidemiology, host defenses, identification, diagnosis, prevention, and control for each microbe in consistently organized chapters, enabling you to find the information you need fast. Features summary tables and text boxes that emphasize essential concepts and learning issues, enabling you to make your exam review more efficient. Correlates basic science with clinical practice through review questions at the end of each chapter to help you understand the clinical relevance of the organisms examined. Uses clinical cases from literature reports to illustrate the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases. Covers current refinements in vaccines - as well as the newest antibiotics ― to provide you with the latest guidance in managing diseases such as community-acquired and opportunistic fungal infections, which pose increasing challenges in treatment Provides more clinical photographs throughout that help you better understand the clinical applications of microbiology Features revised artwork ― more than 635 brilliant images, nearly all in full colour―that offers a more consistent and modern approach to the study of medical microbiology Offers expanded use of summary boxes for bacteria throughout all organism chapters to further enhance your review and learning Includes enhanced Student Consult features - self-assessment questions, clinical cases, animations showing the actions of various important toxins, and a PowerPoint presentation with supplemental images of organisms and stainsEditorials
From the Publisher
"As someone who has used this book in the past, I know it is excellent for teaching medical students. It also is reasonably priced for students who are dealing with the high cost of medical education. The most valuable features are the excellent pictures and figures that enhance the understanding of complex issues. Each chapter is followed by a few thought-provoking questions that can be used during teaching to encourage deeper understanding of the material.Although written for medical students in the first years of training, the book also is very useful for students in advanced training such as residency or fellowships." - Rebecca T. Horvat, PhD, D(ABMM)(University of Kansas Medical Center), from Doody's Reviews
From The Critics
Reviewer: Rebecca T. Horvat, PhD, D(ABMM)(University of Kansas Medical Center)Description: This is the sixth edition of a popular microbiology textbook for medical students first published almost 20 years ago, in 1990. With the rapid changes that occur in infectious agents, this new edition is necessary to update the 2005 edition.
Purpose: The primary goal is to provide a comprehensive textbook for medical students on infectious agents that cause disease in humans. This is clearly very important as new physicians are trained in the importance of diseases caused by microorganisms. This is one of the better textbooks to use for teaching medical students.
Audience: Although written for medical students in the first years of training, the book also is very useful for students in advanced training such as residency or fellowships. The authors who have compiled and organized this book are all experienced teachers and excellent medical diagnosticians.
Features: The textbook is organized in a traditional manner, beginning with some fundamentals on the classification and lifestyles of infectious agents. This is followed by chapters on the host immune responses and how a laboratory diagnosis is made. This prepares readers for the meat of the book, which contains details on specific microbial pathogens. The most valuable features are the excellent pictures and figures that enhance the understanding of complex issues. The short clinical cases that are scattered throughout allow for the practical application of the information presented in the book. Each chapter is followed by a few thought-provoking questions that can be used during teaching to encourage deeper understanding of the material. Also adding value to the book is the online material that includes practice questions so students can test their comprehension.
Assessment: As someone who has used this book in the past, I know it is excellent for teaching medical students. It also is reasonably priced for students who are dealing with the high cost of medical education
Charles E. Edmiston
This is an outstanding first text for a course on medical microbiology. In addition to various well-organized chapters on bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic pathogens, the authors have included an excellent section on basic principles of medical microbiology. The last edition of this text was published in 1990. The book has been written as a introductory level text covering the epidemiology, clinical syndrome, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment of a broad range of microbial pathogens responsible for causing clinical disease. The primary audience for this text includes medical students, medical technology students, and upper-level undergraduate microbiology students interested in the field of medical microbiology. The book has several outstanding features. Each chapter has many excellent figures and tables, enhancing the overall instructional value of the text. Within each chapter, the authors have also carefully highlighted key words or phrases. This facilitates the student's e fforts to sort out the important facts or concepts associated with the various microbial pathogens. In addition, at the end of each chapter is a list of sentinel/recent literature citations that the student can use for further study. The text has only one minor shortcoming and that is a superficial coverage of the opportunistic mycoses. Yeast infections have emerged as a major problem in the critical care populations and I am sure that the authors will rectify this omission in future editions. The authors of medical microbiology in this third edition have again successfully developed a first-rate text covering the broad discipline of medical microbiology. Each chapter is well organized, containingnumerous figures and tables. The authors are themselves outstanding educator-scientists and their collective experiences have been combined to produce an outstanding teaching text.Booknews
A comprehensive textbook providing the medically important information that students need to know--in a format of concise presentations supplemented with numerous tables, color illustrations, and summary boxes. This revised edition (1st ed., 1990) greatly expands the topics, with the addition of three new sections and 13 additional chapters. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)4 Stars! from Doody