Infectious Diseases, Biology - Microbiology, Biology - Bacteriology, Surgery, Microbiology, Diagnosis
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Overview
Students, residents, researchers, and surgeons will discover that this book is a compendium of knowledge regarding quantitative bacteriology. Beginning with the concept of the equilibrium between bacteria and the factors of host resistance as recognized historically, this book finishes with discussions regarding the practicality of tissue bacterial quantification in 1990. Various techniques for quantifying bacteria in tissue are discussed and critically evaluated. The role for qualitative species identification is emphasized. Specialists will find the place for quantitative bacteriology in general wound healing, general surgery, orthopedics, plastic surgery, thoracic surgery, and the management of burns. Also included is a section on statistics and validity of tissue sampling to help develop confidence levels. All of the chapters are interwoven to allow readers to determine the role of quantitative bacteriology in the armamentarium of a surgeon.Editorials
Booknews
The unifying concepts that quantitative bacteriology has brought to the understanding of surgical infection is presented by surgeons who have incorporated them into their management of the most difficult types of surgical wounds, such as burns, open fractures, and necrotizing fasciitis. They relate the background, fundamentals, and clinical applications of techniques that offer diagnostic accuracy and a basis of therapeutic precision by not only identifying bacterial pathogens, but counting them as well. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
December 19, 1990
Publisher
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c1991.
Pages
152
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780849351297