Burton's microbiology for the health sciences / Paul G. Engelkirk, Janet Duben-Engelkirk.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Engelkirk, Paul G.
Other Authors: Burton, Gwendolyn R. W. (Gwendolyn R. Wilson)
Duben-Engelkirk, Janet L.
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2011], ©2011.
Edition:Ninth edition.
Subjects:
Microbiology.
Medical microbiology.
Allied health personnel.
Microbiological Phenomena.
Communicable Diseases > microbiology.
Physical Description:x, 433 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
Variant Title:
Microbiology for the health sciences.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Microbiology : the science
  • Viewing the microbial world
  • Cell structure and taxonomy
  • Microbial diversity
  • Microbial diversity
  • Biochemistry : the chemistry of life
  • Microbial physiology and genetics
  • Controlling microbial growth in vitro
  • Controlling microbial growth in vivo
  • Microbial ecology and microbial biotechnology
  • Epidemiology and public health
  • Healthcare epidemiology
  • Diagnosing infectious diseases
  • Pathogenesis of infectious diseases
  • Nonspecific host defense mechanisms
  • Specific host defense mechanisms: an introduction to immunology
  • Overview of infectious diseases
  • Viral infections
  • Bacterial infections
  • Fungal infections
  • Parasitic infections.