Burton's MICROBIOLOGY FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES

"This textbook is designed specifically for students and professionals in the health sciences. As you advance through the text, you'll not only gain a solid foundation in microbiology, you'll also learn to apply you new knowledge to provide patients with safe, effective care." &q...

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Main Authors: Engelkirk, Paul G. (Author), Duben-Engelkirk, Janet (Author), Burton, Gwendolyn R. W. (Gwendolyn R. Wilson) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2011
Edition:NINTH EDITION
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Summary:"This textbook is designed specifically for students and professionals in the health sciences. As you advance through the text, you'll not only gain a solid foundation in microbiology, you'll also learn to apply you new knowledge to provide patients with safe, effective care." "This Ninth Edition has been thoroughly updated to help you discover how microbes cause disease and how the body protects itself from pathogens and infectious diseases. The text's easy-to-follow explanations will help you to understand common as well as new and emerging microbial threats. Moreover, you'll get the lastest information on such key topics as antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents, epidemiology and public health, healthcare-associated infections, infection control and laboratory tests used to assist in the diagnosis of infectious diseases."
Item Description:Includes index
Physical Description:x, 433 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 28 cm 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
ISBN:9781605476735
1605476730
9781609133214
1609133218