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Microbiology Books for MRCPath
Koneman's Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic MicrobiologyKoneman's Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology by Washington C. Winn
Buy new: £41.44 / Used from: £39.41
Very cheap for a huge reference book - lots of useful micro information, bacti, virology, mycology, etc. Indexed by species.
Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases: 2-Volume Set (Principles & Practice of Infectious Diseases)Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases: 2-Volume Set (Principles & Practice of Infectious Diseases) by Gerald L. Mandell MD MACP
Buy new: £266.00 / Used from: £174.36
Mandy. THE Reference text for Micro/ID. Lots of clinical information.
Medical Microbiology: A Guide to Microbial Infections: Pathogenesis, Immunity, Laboratory Diagnosis and Control. With STUDENT CONSULT Online AccessMedical Microbiology: A Guide to Microbial Infections: Pathogenesis, Immunity, Laboratory Diagnosis and Control. With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access by David Greenwood BSc PhD DSc FRCPath Professor
Buy new: £35.63 / Used from: £32.78
Quite good for the Part I MRCPath. Detail is a bit variable in some chapters, some are more clinical, some more scientific.
Medical Bacteriology: A Practical Approach (Practical Approach Series)Medical Bacteriology: A Practical Approach (Practical Approach Series) by Peter Hawkey
Buy new: £42.34 / Used from: £34.02
Systematic guide to the benches in a bacteriology lab. Chapters are divided up by investigation, e.g urines/sputa etc. Useful book. Good chapters on investigations in outbreaks and typing.
The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial TherapyThe Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy by David N Gilbert
Buy used from: £5.69
Cheap, handy, pocket sized book. Has lots of answers to those tricky questions, especially side effects, interactions, dosing in renal toxicity etc. Can be a little America-centric (nafcillin etc)
Manual of Clinical MicrobiologyManual of Clinical Microbiology
Buy new: £134.00 / Used from: £43.98
Another useful reference text, similar to Koneman above.
A Practical Guide to Clinical VirologyA Practical Guide to Clinical Virology
Buy used from: £15.00
Good basic clinical virology book. Really nice little charts showing incubation periods and infectivity etc.
Control of Communicable Diseases Manual (American Public Works Association)Control of Communicable Diseases Manual (American Public Works Association) by David Heymann
Buy used from: £15.41
Handy book to have next to the phone for checking those little facts that you can't remember.
Manual of Infection Control ProceduresManual of Infection Control Procedures by Foreword by A. M. Emmerson N. N. Damani
Buy new: £29.72 / Used from: £24.99
A reasonable infection control guide. Well referenced. Good basic information for part I MRCPath.
Atlas of Medical Helminthology and ProtozoologyAtlas of Medical Helminthology and Protozoology by Peter L. Chiodini
Excellent life cycles, though see also dpd.cdc.gov
Atlas of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology: Text with CD-ROMAtlas of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology: Text with CD-ROM by Wallace Peters MD(London) DSc(London) Docteur Honoris Causa(Universite Rene Descartes Paris) FRCP DTM&H
Buy new: £56.44 / Used from: £59.77
Good atlas for tropical medicine. Lots of pics.
Lecture Notes on Tropical MedicineLecture Notes on Tropical Medicine
Buy used from: £20.00
Really very good for tropical medicine. Essential for DTM+H.
Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine (Oxford Handbooks Series)Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine (Oxford Handbooks Series) by Michael Eddleston
Buy new: £22.23 / Used from: £21.99
Another useful tropical medicine book.