Product Description: Over the years, instructors at more than 1000 colleges and universities have made Microbiology: An Introduction, their #1 choice. The new sixth edition builds on the hallmark features of past editions--an accessible writing style, a systems approach to diseases, an exceptional art program--and adds new features and supplements that meet the needs of today's students and instructors. This new edition becomes an even better teaching and learning tool with a new Interactive Student Tutorial CD-ROM, expanded critical thinking opportunities, a new Taxonomic Guide to Diseases Appendix, a World Wide Web Site, enhanced step-by-step descriptions added to text and illustrations, expanded end-of-chapter learning materials, and additional coverage of hot topics such as emerging infectious diseases, antibiotic/multi-drug resistance, and rapid identification of microorganisms.
Product Description: A brief, clear, thorough, and highly enjoyable approach to clinical microbiology, brimming with mnemonics, humor, summary charts and illustrations, from AIDS to "flesh-eating bacteria" to ebola, mad cow disease, hantavirus, anthrax, smallpox, botulism, etc. Excellent Board review.
Microbe Hunters by: Paul de Kruif 25 used from $5.89 16 Thirdparty New from $8.72 Edition: 3 Media: Paperback EAN: 9780156027779 ISBN: 0156027771 Number Of Pages: 372 Publication Date: 2002-10-28 Publisher: Harvest Books
Product Description: In this classic bestseller, Paul de Kruif dramatizes the pioneering bacteriological work of such scientists as Leeuwenhoek, Spallanzani, Koch, Pasteur, Reed, and Ehrlich. This seventieth anniversary edition features a new introduction by F. Gonzalez-Crussi. Index.
Ace the USMLE Step 1 and course exams with the most concise, easy-to-use, and frequently updated medical microbiology and immunology review!
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To put your preparation for USMLE Step 1 and course exams on the fast track, only one resource will do: Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology. Completely updated throughout, the Tenth Edition presents a high-yield review of the basic and clinical aspects of bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, and immunology.
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Summaries of important microorganisms
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NEW! Chapter on Ectoparasites, such as scabies mites, lice, nits, and spider bites
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Product Description: Appropriate for the non-major/allied health student, this authoritative text carefully explains the fundamentals, providing a general overview of the principles, followed by more detailed explanations. With its easy-to-read writing style, "Microbiology: A Human Perspective" offers modern coverage on such topics as genomics, biofilms, and quorum sensing. A body systems approach is used in the coverage of diseases.
Product Description: Janeway's Immunobiology, Seventh Edition is an introductory text for use in immunology courses for undergraduates, graduate students and medical students. It guides the reader through the immune system in all its aspects - from the first engagement of innate immunity to the generation of the adaptive immune response and its clinical consequences. The Seventh Edition has been comprehensively updated throughout, and includes new information on topics such as NK cells, Toll-like receptors, AID, viral evasins, mucosal immunity, and celiac disease, to name a few. Each copy of the book includes a revised CD-ROM, Immunobiology Interactive, which contains animations and videos with voiceover narration, as well as the figures from the text for presentation purposes. Janeway's Immunobiology continues to set the standard for currency and authority with its clear writing style and organization, full-color art program, scientific accuracy and consistent viewpoint - that of the host's interaction with an environment containing many species of potentially harmful microorganisms.
These flashcards will help medical students organize and recall medical microbiology information for course exams and USMLE Step 1. Each card catalogues a medically important micro-organism, detailing its clinical presentation, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment.
Product Description: Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, Textbook, for students in microbiology. Includes chapter outlines, tables, concept summaries and links, micrographs, feature boxes, boldfaced terms, review questions and applications, and appendices. Previous edition: c1997.
Product Description: This new edition provides detailed descriptions of the function and specialization of the four tissue groups. Chapters are devoted to each organ and organ system.