Cynthia Nau Cornelissen, Bruce D. Fisher, Richard A. Harvey.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Third edition.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 438 :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
28 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Lippincott's illustrated reviews
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes index.
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Revised edition of: Microbiology / Richard A. Harvey, Pamela C. Champe, Bruce D. Fisher. c2007.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction to microbiology -- Normal flora -- Pathogenicity of microorganisms -- Diagnostic microbiology -- Vaccines and antimicrobial agents -- Bacterial structure, growth, and metabolism -- Bacterial genetics -- Staphylococci -- Streptococci -- Gram-positive rods -- Neisseriae -- Gastrointestional gram-negative rods -- Other gram-negative rods -- Clostridia and other anaerobic rods -- Spirochetes -- Mycoplasma -- Chlamdiae -- Mycobacteria and actinomycetes -- Rickettsia, erhlichia, anaplasma and coxiella -- Fungi -- Protozoa -- Helminths -- Introduction to the viruses -- Nonenveloped DNA viruses -- Enveloped DNA viruses -- Hepatitis B and hepatitis D (delta) viruses -- Positive-strand RNA viruses -- Retroviruses and AIDS -- Negative-strand RNA viruses -- Double-stranded RNA viruses: reoviridae -- Unconventional infectious agents -- Quick review of clinically important microorganisms -- Disease summaries -- Illustrated case studies.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Microbiology, Third Edition enables rapid review and assimilation of large amounts of complex information about medical microbiology. The book has the hallmark features for which Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews volumes are so popular: an outline format, 450 full-color illustrations, end-of-chapter summaries, review questions, plus an entire section of clinical case studies with full-color illustrations. NEW TO THIS EDITION: an online testbank of 100 review questions"--Provided by publisher.