Medical Microbiology, 2e [Paperback]

Cedric Mims BSc MD FRCPath (Author), John H. L. Playfair MB BChir PhD DSc (Author), Ivan Roitt DSc HonFRCP FRCPath FRS (Author), Derek Wakelin BSc PhD DSc FRCPath (Author), Rosamund Williams PhD FRCPath (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 072342781X | ISBN-13: 978-0723427810 | Publication Date: April 14, 1998 | Edition: 2

Medical Microbiology takes a modern and clinically relevant approach to microbiology, discussing the organ systems in turn and addressing the diseases caused by invading microbes within each. The book has four main sections in which the first sections describe infectious diseases in terms of conflict between the host and the parasite. The third section is a full, factual, clinically-based account of infectious diseases with the necessary attention to core medical microbiology, while the fourth section is devoted to prevention and treatment, including a chapter on epidemiology.

Integrated case studies reinforce clinical relevance of the material Summary headings throughout each chapter support important concepts Key Facts Review box at the end of each chapter will enable students to better prepare for course exams Review questions encourage students to assess their knowledge Chapter introductions have been re-formatted to give them more prominence Improved appendix design makes information more accessible

Spanish version also available, ISBN: 84-8174-396-8

Editorial Reviews

Review

Mims et al continue their proud tradition of delivering important and often complex material in a simple and informative style. Replete with new and colourful diagrams, impressively detailed images and totally new chapters this book is well formed for integration into the modern medical course. The new'Key Facts' boxes at the end of each chapter, concisely sum-up the preceeding information, and the MCQ-style questions test your knowledge. Undoubtedly it is a superb resource and a phenomenally written textbook. I can strongly recommend Medical Microbiology 3E as a vital resource to medical learning, and a generally interesting text about basic microbiology and immunological concepts. Mims appears to have an assured position on Medical Student bookshelves the world over.
Edinburgh Medics, a Res Medica supplement courtesy of the Royal Medical Society, July 2005 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Cedric Mims began as a zoologist, studying under GP Wells and JBS Haldane atUniversity College, London. He then went to the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, graduating in 1952. After hospital appointments he spent threeyears in Uganda investigating tropical fevers, and then 16 years in Canberra, Australia, interspersed with two years in the USA. This was followed by a 20 year period in London as Professor of Microbiology at Guys Hospital MedicalSchool, where his enthusiasm for teaching found its outlet.

His career has focussed on virology, infectious diseases and immunology, and he has produced five books and more than a hundred scientific papers on thesesubjects. Pathogenesis has been his constant research interest, covering a broad range, from warts and scrapie to LCM and herpes viruses. He is always astounded at ordinary people's ignorance of what goes on inside their bodies when a microbiological invader gets to work, and in 2000 he published "The War Within Us; Everyman's Guide to Infection and Immunity".

Product Details

• Paperback: 592 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; 2 edition (April 14, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 072342781X
• ISBN-13: 978-0723427810
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,883,093 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Necessary Resource for any Microbiologist, April 23, 2000

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NicolaCharis - See all my reviews

This review is from: Medical Microbiology, 2e (Paperback)

Medical Microbiology would be an excellent reference book for any microbiologist. It contains general information about any bacterium you can imagine as well as overviews of the diseases various bacteria cause. Symptoms, complications, diagnosis, and treatment options are covered in detail. The book also contains wonderfully vivid pictorial accounts of the bacteria and their various modes of pathogenicity. A fascinating, well-organized text of sophisticated microbiology!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wise Choice for Learning Infectious Diseases, June 16, 2001

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Nippy (Hong Kong, PRC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Medical Microbiology, 2e (Paperback)

This text book is outstanding in terms of clear pictures and detailed descriptions. It exhibits numerous color photos which help remember the clinical signs and appearances of common infectious diseases. On the other hand, the text excellently outlines and explains the underlying theory and treatments. This book takes a modern approach to teach Microbiology by introducing the contents in a system based mannar. This is very different from the traditional way of teaching the subject in which the materials are delivered species by species. I think this way is more clinically relevant and thus, suits the needs of health care students.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars finally bugs make sense, December 10, 2008

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Max Stratford "mjs" (san francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mims' Medical Microbiology: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (Paperback)

I read another book that was based on classifications of bugs, studied it diligently for a year in med school before finding this text, which is human system based. Love it.

If you think of things in terms of big picture and clinical presentation, this book may be a very big help. And it's super well written. Kind of fun, even late at night.

Not everyone learns the same way. On the spectrum, i was a philosophy/lit major fyi.