Full Description
New content—including substantial coverage of recent disease outbreaks (COVID-19 and others), updated IMPACT applications and integrated patient-centred case histories—drive each chapter's narrative, keeping students' interest while ensuring that they learn the important underlying microbiology concepts. Consistent pedagogy in the text and an unparalleled suite of media resources—including new Making Connections tutorial lessons in Smartwork, digital Infectious Disease Flashcards, revised Interactive Instructor's Guide content with suggestions for applying active learning online and updated Case Mystery case studies—give students important practice while providing instructors with extensive, book-specific active learning resources. The Second Edition's highly readable text has been thoughtfully streamlined to deliver the foundational microbiology concepts students will need to know as medical and laboratory professionals via clear explanations they will understand.
Contents
Part I: Fundamentals of Microbiology and Infectious Disease
1. Microbes Shape Our History
2. Basic Concepts of Infectious Disease
3. Observing Microbes
4. Living Chemistry: From Atoms to Cells
5. Cell Biology of Bacteria and Eukaryotes
6. Bacterial Growth, Nutrition, and Differentiation
Part II: Essential Biology and Control of Infectious Agents
7. Bacterial Metabolism
8. Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
9. Bacterial Genomes and Evolution
10. Bacterial Diversity
11. Eukaryotic Microbes and Invertebrate Infectious Agents
12. Viruses
13. Sterilization, Disinfection, and Antibiotic Therapy
Part III: The Immune System
14. Normal Human Microbiota: A Delicate Balance of Power
15. The Immune System: Inflammation and Innate Immunity
16. The Immune System: Adaptive Immunity
Part IV: Infectious Diseases
17. Vaccines, Diagnostics, and Immune Disorders
18. Microbial Pathogenesis
19. Infections of the Skin and Eye
20. Infections of the Respiratory Tract
21. Systemic Infections
22. Infections of the Digestive System
23. Infections of the Urinary and Reproductive Tracts
24. Infections of the Central Nervous System
25. Diagnostic Clinical Microbiology
26. Epidemiology: Tracking Infectious Diseases
27. Environmental and Food Microbiology
