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Burton's microbiology for the health sciences /

1605476730

1609133218 (International ed.)

9781605476735

9781609133214 (International ed.)

b516523

Burton's microbiology for the health sciences /

[Book]

Paul G. Engelkirk, Janet Duben-Engelkirk

Ninth edition

Philadelphia :

Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,

[2011]

©2011

x, 433 pages :

illustrations (chiefly color) ;

28 cm +

1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Microbiology : the science -- Viewing the microbial world -- Cell structure and taxonomy -- Microbial diversity -- Microbial diversity -- Biochemistry : the chemistry of life -- Microbial physiology and genetics -- Controlling microbial growth in vitro -- Controlling microbial growth in vivo using antimicrobial agents -- Microbial ecology and microbial biotechnology -- Epidemiology and public health -- Healthcare epidemiology -- Diagnosing infectious diseases -- Pathogenesis of infectious diseases -- Nonspecific host defense mechanisms -- Specific host defense mechanisms : an introduction to immunology -- Overview of infectious diseases -- Viral infections -- Bacterial infections -- Fungal infections -- Parasitic infections

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"This textbook is designed specifically for students and professionals in the health sciences. As you advance through the text, you'll not only gain a solid foundation in microbiology, you'll also learn to apply you new knowledge to provide patients with safe, effective care." "This Ninth Edition has been thoroughly updated to help you discover how microbes cause disease and how the body protects itself from pathogens and infectious diseases. The text's easy-to-follow explanations will help you to understand common as well as new and emerging microbial threats. Moreover, you'll get the lastest information on such key topics as antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents, epidemiology and public health, healthcare-associated infections, infection control and laboratory tests used to assist in the diagnosis of infectious diseases."--BOOK JACKET

Microbiology for the health sciences

Allied health personnel

Medical microbiology

Microbiology

Communicable Diseases-- microbiology

Microbiological Phenomena

Engelkirk, Paul G

Burton, Gwendolyn R. W., (Gwendolyn R. Wilson)

Duben-Engelkirk, Janet L

20160203201300.0

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