Main description:

Biology, health care, and medicine are all fields of investigation and discovery. To diagnose and treat any disease, health care workers must compile and translate information to arrive at the best possible conclusion for each patient. That is the goal of this textbook.

In each chapter are mystery situations that are written to encourage more effective learning of the material through investigation and application of the material. Students will create an investigation strategy, collect and translate evidence, and arrive at conclusions using the information in each chapter.

This text is designed for any student of microbiology but is particularly geared toward those who are looking to enter the health sciences and health care fields. In addition to the regular text are appendices containing information that can be used to assist work in a laboratory or medical environment.