Medical Microbiology for Nurses

Infectious diseases constitute a major portion of illnesses worldwide, and
microbiology is a main pillar of clinical infectious disease practice.Knowledge of
viruses, bacteria, fungi,and parasites is integral to practice in clinical infectious
disease. Practical Medical Microbiology is an invaluable reference for medical
microbiology instructors. Drs. Berkowitz and Jerris are experienced teachers in
the fields of infectious diseases and microbiology respectively, and provide
expert insight into microorganisms that affect patients, how organisms are
related to each other, and how they are isolated and identified in the
microbiology laboratory. The text also is designed to provide clinicians the
knowledge they need to facilitate communication with the microbiologist in
their laboratory.The text takes a systematic approach to medical microbiology,
describing taxonomy of human pathogens and consideration of organisms
within specific taxonomic groups. The text tackles main clinical infections
caused by different organisms,and supplementsthese descriptions with clinical
case studies,in order to demonstrate the effects of various organisms.Practical
Medical Microbiology is an invaluable resource for students, teachers, and
researchers studying clinical microbiology, medical microbiology, infectious
diseases,and virology.