Main description:

An interactive text, Cases in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, helps students better understand the clinical importance of the basic science concepts presented in medical microbiology or infectious disease courses. The cases are presented as "unknowns" and represent actual case presentations of patients the authors have encountered. Each case is accompanied by several questions to test knowledge in four broad areas including the organism's characteristics and laboratory diagnosis; pathogenesis and clinical characteristics of the infection; epidemiology; and prevention and, in some cases, drug resistance and treatment.

This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.

Contents:

Table of Normal Values Inside Front Cover
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Fourth Edition
To the Student
A Primer on the Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
ONE Urogenital Tract Infections
TWO Respiratory Tract Infections
THREE Gastrointestinal Infections
FOUR Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
FIVE Central Nervous System Infections
SIX Systemic Infections
SEVEN Advanced Cases
Glossary
Index