Microbiology /
Lippincott's illustrated reviews : microbiology
Cynthia Nau Cornelissen, Bruce D. Fisher, Richard A. Harvey.
- 3rd ed.
- Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2013.
- x, 438 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), (col. maps) ; 28 cm.
- Lippincott's illustrated reviews .
- Lippincott's illustrated reviews. .
Includes index. Rev. ed. of: Microbiology / Richard A. Harvey, Pamela C. Champe, Bruce D. Fisher. c2007.
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 virus -- 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.
"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.