Richard A. McPherson Matthew R. Pincus 2022 Clinical laboratory measurements form the scientific basis upon which medical diagnosis and management of patients is established. These results constitute the largest section of the medical record of patients, and laboratory examinations will only continue to grow in number as new procedures are offered and well-established ones are […]
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PATRICK R. MURRAY 2018 What is the bigger challenge—for a student or the instructor to understand what is important in medical microbiology? Many years ago when I took my first graduate course in medical microbiology, I read thousands of pages of text, listened to 5 hours of lectures a week, and performed lab exercises 6 hours a week for 1 year.
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Patricia M. Tille 2017 This, the fourteenth edition of Bailey and Scott’s Diagnostic Microbiology, is the second edition that I have had the great pleasure to edit and author with some amazing colleagues. The dynamics of infectious disease trends, along with the technical developments available for diagnosing, treating, and controlling these diseases, continues to present major challenges in the laboratory and […]
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Fritz H. Kayser Kurt A. Bienz Johannes Eckert Rolf M. Zinkernagel 2005 Medical Microbiology comprises and integrates the fields of immunology, bacteriology, virology, mycology, and parasitology, each of which has seen considerable independent development in the past few decades. The common bond between them is the focus on the causes of infectious diseases and on the reactions of the […]
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Teun Boekhout • Eveline Guého-Kellermann Peter Mayser • Aristea Velegraki (Eds) 2010 Science and Clinical Practice It has been known for many years that the Malassezia yeasts are associated with a number of different human diseases ranging from pityriasis versicolor to seborrhoeic dermatitis. However the evolving history of their taxonomy and pathogenicity, and the management of the diseases […]
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Prati Pal Singh • Vinod Sharma Editors 2014 Water has a tremendous bearing on health, development and quality of human life. Water provides a range of ecosystem services. These services provided by water are thus fundamental constituents of the economy. With each passing day, however, water availability is shrinking and water quality is deteriorating, acquiring challenging proportions.
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Mei Hwei Chang • Kuan-Teh Jeang Editors 2014 From Basic Science to Clinical Prevention
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Edited by K. Esser 2014 The Mycota A Comprehensive Treatise on Fungi as Experimental Systems for Basic and Applied Research XII Volume Books are old-fashioned. Books are never up-to-date, expensive and impractical. And books don’t pay off for those who spend time and effort writing them. All these thoughts are among the first reactions evoked when contacting […]
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Mark Lyte • John F. Cryan Editors 2014 If one was to ask whether a book dealing with the ability of the microbiota to influence the brain, and ultimately cognition and behavior, would have been possible just a few short years ago, the answer would most likely be no. A simple search of PubMed using the index words […]
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Sanjay Kapoor • Kuldeep Dhama 2014 Influenza viruses are highly contagious, causing respiratory symptoms in humans, animals, and birds. The flu viruses keep evolving in animals and poultry and ultimately jump species to cause epidemics and even pandemics in humans. The disease is highly contagious, zoonotic, and affects various systems of the body with the […]
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