Univ. of California, San Francisco. Brandon/Hill Medical List first-purchase selection
(#365). Illuminates the association between the molecular mechanisms of microbial growth
and pathogenesis and the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Features more than 300 illustrations and 20 case scenarios.
The classic text on the medical aspects of medical microbiology!
This comprehensive and authoritative text covers the basic and clinical
aspects of microbiology. Thoroughly updated and revised, this edition continues
to focus on the microbiology concepts that are essential to the diagnosis of clinical
infections. Features review questions in USMLE format at the end of each chapter as well
as a clinical correlations chapter that offers case studies focusing on the differential
diagnosis and management of microbial infections.
Table of Contents:
Fundamentals of Microbiology
The Science of Microbiology/
Cell Structure/ Classification of Bacteria/
The Growth, Survival,
& Death of Microorganisms/
Cultivation of Microorganisms/Microbial Metabolism/
Microbial Genetics
Immunology
Immunology/
Bacteriology/
Bacteriology
Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infection/
Antimicrobial Chemotherapy/
Normal Microbial Flora of the Human Body/ Spore-Forming Gram-Positive Bacilli:
Bacillus & Clostridium Species/
Non-Spore-Forming Gram-Positive Bacilli:
Corynebacterium, Propionibacterium, Listeria, Erysipelothrix & Related Pathogens/
The Staphylococci/The Streptococci/ Enteric Gram-Negative Rods
(Enterobacteriaceae)/ Pseudomonads, Acinetobacters,
& Uncommon Gram-Negative Bacteria/Vibrios, Campylobacters, Helicobacters,
& Associated Bacteria/ Haemophilus, Bordetella,
and Brucella/Yersinia, Francisella, & Pasteurella/The Neisseriae...
Medical Microbiology
(Paperback: 704 pages ; April 2, 2004)