Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, 4e PDF

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Providing a solid introduction to the essentials of diagnostic microbiology, this accessible, full-color text helps you develop the problem-solving skills necessary for success in the clinical setting. A reader-friendly, "building block" approach to microbiology moves progressively from basic concepts to advanced understanding, guiding you through the systematic identification of etiologic agents of infectious diseases.

• Building block approach encourages recall of previously learned information, enhancing your critical and problem solving skills.
• Case in Point feature introduces case studies at the beginning of each chapter.
• Issues to Consider encourages you to analyze and comprehend the case in point.
• Key Terms provide a list of the most important and relevant terms in each chapter.
• Objectives give a measurable outcome to achieve by completing the material.
• Points to Remember summarize and help clearly identify key concepts covered in each chapter.
• Learning assessment questions evaluate how well you have mastered the material.

• New content addresses bone and joint infections, genital tract infections, and nosocomial infections.
• Significantly updated chapter includes current information on molecular biology and highlights content on multidrug resistant bacteria.
• Reorganized chapters accent the most relevant information about viruses and parasites that are also transmissible to humans.
• Case studies on the Evolve site let you apply the information that you learn to realistic scenarios encountered in the laboratory.

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• Series: Mahon, Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology
• Hardcover: 1104 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 4 edition (March 23, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416061657
• ISBN-13: 978-1416061656
• Product Dimensions: 1.7 x 8.8 x 10.9 inches
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Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, 4e PDF

This book gets 2 stars because overall I really liked the organization of the material. There were many useful charts for breaking down different groups of bacteria by biochemical reactions. However, this book is FULL of typos. Some are funny, some have no impact, and some are outright false and could cause you to remember incorrect information. In my class it seemed as if every chapter went into, we were warned of things in charts that were wrong or reversed. In one of the fist chapters we had to read, which was covering the use of colony morphology in identifying an isolate, the caption for a picture was describing the colony morphology of Bacillus cereus on a blood agar plate; but the picture was of a positive D-test that was performed on a Staphylococcus aureus. Not only was this the wrong picture, but this picture did not even belong in the chapter at all. If I were not already working in microbiology as an MLT I think this book would have been worse for me, but since I already have direct experience with it, I was able to simply laugh off the mistakes. Other people in my class working on becoming MLS's that have not worked in micro had a much more difficult time as it is difficult enough to learn diagnostic microbiology much less to have to remember which things in the book were right or wrong. So if you are from a clinical laboratory program and looking at this book as a prospective required text for your program, I would look elsewhere. This textbook is worth no where near $100 in its current condition. If it were a term paper, it would have received an "F" due to all of the proofreading errors.

By Mojack77

I haven't looked through this book in a while (at least 6 months) and I no longer have it, but I still thought it was worth reviewing my thoughts about this book. This was a required text for my Clinical Microbiology course for my degree program in Medical Laboratory Sciences. I am one of those people who likes to read the text, but with this book about half way through the semester I gave up. The way the information was presented just seemed daunting. It was hard to pull out the important information out of the text, everything came across as a jumbled mess. I gave up on the text and just focused on the teacher's powerpoints. I am now required to use this text during my clinical year but instead of keeping this one I replaced it with Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology text and it is a million times better. Do yourself a favor if this is a required text, pick up a better book, it will help so much with your class.

By K. Blathe