Product Description

This concise introduction to medical microbiology and infection strives to encapsulate the fundamental facts and principles of this rapidly growing and changing subject area. Written by experienced clinicians and teachers, the text covers the basic concepts of medical microbiology, the main human pathogens and the infectious syndromes in an accessible and lucid format. The text provides comprehensive coverage of both the most common and other important but rarer diseases and also features:

∗ A strong focus on the key issues most important for a student to learn
∗ The latest treatments and diagnostic tests, as well as newly discovered organisms
∗ Additional material on hospital infection and streptococcal disease
∗ Highly visual colour presentation and self–assessment cases to enable the student to understand how the knowledge is used in practice

Medical Microbiology and Infection at a Glance is a useful introduction and revision aid for medical and allied health students and will provide valuable insight for anyone seeking a comprehensive and concise guide to this subject area.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32417 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Review
“It would be an excellent book for an undergraduate class on microbiology … the subject of each chapter … is illustrated and discussed in no more than two pages…”
Doodys Book Reviews

From the Back Cover
This concise introduction to medical microbiology and infection strives to encapsulate the fundamental facts and principles of this rapidly growing and changing subject area. Written by experienced clinicians and teachers, the text covers the basic concepts of medical microbiology, the main human pathogens and the infectious syndromes in an accessible and lucid format. The text provides comprehensive coverage of both the most common and other important but rarer diseases and also features:

• A strong focus on the key issues most important for a student to learn
• The latest treatments and diagnostic tests, as well as newly discovered organisms
• Additional material on hospital infection and streptococcal disease
• Highly visual colour presentation and self–assessment cases to enable the student to understand how the knowledge is used in practice

Medical Microbiology and Infection at a Glance is a useful introduction and revision aid for medical and allied health students and will provide valuable insight for anyone seeking a comprehensive and concise guide to this subject area.

About the Author
Stephen Gillespie, Professor and Honorary Consultant in Medical Microbiology at Royal Free Hospital and University College Medical School

Kathleen Bamford, Reader and Honorary Consultant in Medical Microbiology at Imperial College Medical School and the Hammersmith Hospital

Customer Reviews

"Modern medicine cannot be formulated in quiz-compends"
course A: preclinical pathology and microbiology (150 students, 2nd yr)
This book will appeal to those students who like the "facts" pre-digested for rapid cramming before exams. As a teacher, like Flexner a century ago, I am averse to these "quiz compends" and feel they leave students with a transient and superficial exposure to the subject. I suspect that this review will encourage enormous numbers to purchase the book!

course B: honours school Infection & Immunity (50 students 3rd yr)
No use at this level.

course C: clinical microbiology & infectious disease (150 students 4th yr)
Essentially no value clinically.

great...and simple
this is a great wee book to have by your bed to read little bits at a time. the layout and diagrams makes it very easy to navigate. I luv it.

A good basic text
There are a lot of microbiology textbooks out there and I feel that they all assume you know things that you don't! This book takes it right from the start, and covers the basics of microbiology first, and goes on to deal with infection and infection control, immunization etc. It's very easy to read, and would be good for anyone who is new to the topic, but I would suspect you would need something a bit more substantial if you were a microbiologist. It's good for medics and healthcare workers though and makes the topic much easier to get to grips with.