Taxonomic Guide to Infectious Diseases
Understanding the Biologic Classes of Pathogenic Organisms

A completely updated, revised and expanded guide to the classes of organisms that contain all the known causes of human infectious diseases

Jules J. Berman (Author)

9780128175767, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 31 May 2019

399 pages, Approx. 100 illustrations (100 in full color)
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.61 kg

Taxonomic Guide to Infectious Diseases: Understanding the Biologic Classes of Pathogenic Organisms, Second Edition tackles the complexity of clinical microbiology by assigning every infectious organism to one of 40+ taxonomic classes and providing a description of the defining traits that apply to all the organisms within each class. This edition is an updated, revised and greatly expanded guide to the classes of organisms that infect humans. This book will provide students and clinicians alike with a simplified way to understand the complex fields of clinical microbiology and parasitology.

1. Principles of Taxonomy2. Species and Speciation3. Bacteria4. Eukaryotes5. Animals6. Fungi7. Viruses8. Changing How We Think about Infectious Diseases

Subject Areas: Microbiology [non-medical PSG], Chemotherapy [MJCL2], Infectious & contagious diseases [MJCJ]