Microbiology fundamentals : a clinical approach /
Cowan, M. Kelly.
Microbiology fundamentals : a clinical approach / Marjorie Kelly Cowan ; with Jennifer Bunn, Ronald M. Atlas, Heidi Smith. - 2nd ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill Education, c2016. - xx, 655, [43] p. : col. ill.
Includes index.
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 life cycles -- 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 -- Disorders 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.
9781259252334 1259252337
Microbiological phenomena.
QW4 / .C696 2016
Microbiology fundamentals : a clinical approach / Marjorie Kelly Cowan ; with Jennifer Bunn, Ronald M. Atlas, Heidi Smith. - 2nd ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill Education, c2016. - xx, 655, [43] p. : col. ill.
Includes index.
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 life cycles -- 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 -- Disorders 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.
9781259252334 1259252337
Microbiological phenomena.
QW4 / .C696 2016