Medical Microbiology (9th Edition) – eBook

The foremost text in this complicated and fast-changing field, Medical Microbiology, 9th Edition, (PDF) provides a brief, latest, and understandable explanations of key concepts in medical microbiology, immunology, and the microbes that cause human disease. Clear, engaging coverage of basic principles of laboratory diagnosis, bacteriology, immunology, virology, mycology, and parasitology assist you to master the essentials of microbiology―effectively preparing you for your coursework, exams, and beyond.

• • Reviews detailed information in tabular format rather than in lengthy text.
  • Introduces microbe chapters with summaries and start words for easy review.
  • Updates each chapter with state-of-the-art information and current literature citations.
  • Features clinical cases that show the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases.
  • Presents review questions at the end of every chapter that correlates basic science with clinical practice.
  • Highlights the textbook with colorful, clear figures, clinical photographs, and images that assist you to visualize the clinical presentation of infections.
  • Includes significant new information on the human microbiome and its impact on the immune and other body systems, and new developments in microbial diagnosis, treatment, diseases, and pathogens.
  • Provides extra study features online, including 200 self-assessment questions, videos, microscopic images of the microbes, and a new integrating chapter that offers hyperlinks between the microbes, the organ systems that they impact, and their diseases.

Review

“As an introduction to medical microbiology for college students, this ebook is excellent. The updated 9th edition justifies substituting the prior editions. The writing is excellent and the subject material is structured very well. The ebook is clearly illustrated with clear, easy-to-understand color graphics.” — Eric Brown, Ph.D. (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)

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