Medical Microbiology: with STUDENT CONSULT Access - Softcover

Patrick R. Murray; Michael A. Pfaller; Ken S. Rosenthal; Murray, Patrick R.; Rosenthal, Ken S.; Pfaller, Michael A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0323033032 ISBN 13: 9780323033039

Publisher: Mosby, 2005

Synopsis

ASM News called the 4th Edition of Dr. Murray's best-selling book "the most colorful and fun text to read in medical microbiology." Now it's back in an updated New Edition―and it's as succinct, user-friendly, and authoritative as ever. Readers will continue to enjoy its lucid discussions of how microbes cause disease in humans. Expert coverage of basic principles, the immune response, laboratory diagnosis, bacteriology, virology, mycology, and parasitology ensures they understand all the facts vital to the practice of medicine today. More than 550 brilliant full-color images make complex information easy to understand and illustrate the appearance of disease.

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• Offers readers a practical understanding of microbiology by focusing on why the biologic properties of organisms are important to disease.
• Examines etiology, epidemiology, host defenses, identification, diagnosis, prevention, and control for each microbe in consistently organized chapters.
• Emphasizes essential concepts and learning issues with summary tables and text boxes.
• Correlates basic science with clinical practice through review questions at the end of each chapter.
• Defines and explains new terms.

• Features expanded information on immunology and a new chapter on arthropods.
• Integrates extensive updates throughout the text, including the use of current nomenclature as well as new coverage of poxviruses, West Nile virus, coronaviruses, metapneumoviruses, agents of bioterrorism, and more.

With additional contributing experts.

About this title

About the Author:

Patrick R. Murray, PhD, Chief, Microbiology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Michael A. Pfaller, MD, Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA; and Ken S. Rosenthal, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH

Review:

"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

About this edition

• Publisher: Mosby
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0323033032
• ISBN 13: 9780323033039
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 976