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The Microbiology and Infection of Medicine
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This handy guide covers everything you need to know about infectious diseases and microbiology!
Featuring a newly revised and expanded fifth edition of medical microbiology and infection at a glance, distinguished authors Stephen H. Gillespie and Kathleen B. Providing a concise and popular introduction to medical microbiology, Stephen H. Gillespie and Kathleen B. Bamford present the fundamentals of a rapidly evolving and rapidly growing field.
An updated and completely revised version of the book includes new chapters on subjects such as sepsis, infection disease eradication, normal flora in health and disease, mycobacteria not tuberculous, antifungal therapy, bioterrorism, and infections with high consequences. The following will also be of interest to readers:
Basic principles of medical microbiology, including pathogen classification, innate immunity, and flora.
The control of infections, antibiotic resistance, and newly emerging infections
This course examines the bacteriology of Staphylococcus, streptococcal infection, Gram-positive cocci and alpha-haemolytic streptococci, TB, and leprosy
An overview of virology, including the structure and classification of viruses, herpes viruses, DNA viruses, measles, mumps, rubella, and influenza
An overview of mycology and parasitology
All of the body’s systems are affected by infection
Undergraduates in medicine or medical science, as well as Foundation Programme doctors and interns seeking rapid updates in infection practice in microbiology, will find Medical Microbiology and Infection at a Glance useful. Also suitable for students learning nursing and laboratory science as well as microbiology in general, this concise but comprehensive book should be added to the shelves of those pursuing allied health careers.
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