Microbial Pathogenisis
A Principles Oriented Approach
Published on 1. September 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-889325-27-9 (ISBN)
Description
The fact that infectious diseases claim over 17 million victims worldwide each year, along with the emergence of new drug resistance pathogens regularly signals that infectious diseases will continue to be a daily concern of the physician well into the future. This reality requires that today's medical students develop a solid foundation in medical microbiology, a foundation they can achieved by using "IMS: Microbial Pathogenesis". This book is developed in response to the changing field of medical microbiology. The number of diseases and the diversity of microbial pathogens that cause these diseases are far too many for simple taxonomic organization. As a result, "IMS Microbial Pathogenesis" focuses on the common principles of infection rather than the old taxonomic organization - which helps foster a better long term retention of relevant material; minimizing the short-term.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Madison, CT
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Weight
1176 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-889325-27-9 (9781889325279)
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Content
The book is organised into seven sections, and each section is organised into chapters sharing a common theme. i.e. Microbial Subversion of Host Defense, important for the understanding treating or preventing the infectious disease. The individual chapter addresses one aspect of the theme of each section (e.g. antigenic variation of molecular mimcry). Each chapter begins with a clinical case that reflects the pathogenic principle under discussion. This principle is then discussed in general terms before it's importance to pathogenesis is illustrated using a medically important micro-organism that employs the principle under discussion. Each chapter ends in a resolution of the clinical case that was introduced at the beginning of the chapter. Also associated with every chapter are test questions and answers with full explanations.