Microbiology fundamentals : a clinical approach /
Marjorie Kelly Cowan, Heidi Smith, Jennifer Lusk.
- Third edition
- New York : McGraw-Hill Education, c2019
- 697 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Previous edition: 2016
Introduction to microbes and their building blocks -- Tools of the laboratory: methods for the culturing and microscopic analysis of microorganisms -- Bacteria and archaea -- Eukaryotic cells and microorganisms -- Viral structure and multiplication -- Microbial nutrition and growth -- Microbial metabolism -- Microbial genetics and genetic engineering -- Physical and chemical control of microbes -- Antimicrobial treatment -- Interactions between microbes and humans -- Host defenses I: Overview and nonspecific defenses -- Host defenses II: Specific immunity and immunization -- Disorder in immunity -- Diagnosing infections -- Infectious diseases affecting the skin and eyes -- Infectious diseases affecting the nervous system -- Infectious diseases affecting the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems -- Infectious diseases affecting the respiratory systems -- Infectious diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract -- Infectious diseases affecting the genitourinary system -- One health: The interconnected health of the environment, humans, and other animals.