TY - BOOK AU - Brooks, Geo F. AU - Carroll, Karen C. ;Butel, Janet S. ;Morse, Stephen A. TI - Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg's Medical microbiology SN - 9780071476669 AV - QR 46 .B76 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - [no publisher identified] KW - MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Fundamentals of microbiology / Stephen A. Morse -- Immunology / Roderick Nairn -- Bacteriology / Geo. F. Brooks and Karen C. Carroll -- Virology / Janet S. Butel -- Mycology / Thomas G. Mitchell -- Parasitology / Donald Heyneman -- Diagnostic medical microbiology & clinical correlation / Karen C. Carroll N2 - A comprehensive and authoritative text that discusses the roles microorganisms play in human health and illness, with important correlations in molecular mechanisms, chemotherapy, and prevention. Linking fundamental microbiology concepts with the diagnosis and treatment of clinical infections, this one-of-a-kind, portable text delivers an essential overview of the organisms and agents involved in clinical microbiology. In addition to brief descriptions of the organisms, you'll find vital perspectives on pathogenesis, diagnostic laboratory tests, clinical findings, treatment, and epidemiology. The book's purpose is to introduce basic clinical microbiology through the fields of bacteriology, virology, mycology, and parasitology giving you a far-reaching, yet accessible review of the discipline that you can't find anywhere else. Supporting this acclaimed coverage are more than 300 informative illustrations and tables, each designed to clarify and drive home important chapter concepts ER -