Medical Microbiology for Nurses

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Medical Microbiology for Nurses

Medical Microbiology for Nurses

Author: Tim Stewart ISBN:978-1-64435-034-8 Price: $199.95Year:2022 Upcoming
Description

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.