As with the successful first edition, the new edition of Microbiology: A Clinical Approach is written specifically for pre-nursing and allied health students. It is clinically-relevant throughout and uses the theme of infection as its foundation. Microbiology is student-friendly: its text, figures, and electronic resources have been carefully designed to help students understand difficult concepts and keep them interested in the material.
The Second Edition includes a robust instructor ancillary package that allows professors to easily incorporate the book’s unique approach into their lectures. And in addition to the many free resources for students – including the E-Tutor, Bug Parade, Flashcards, and MicroMovies – a new online homework platform, will be available for Spring 2016 courses. The homework platform will have a module for each chapter including tutorials, media assessments, and quizzes, and is accompanied by an instructor dashboard which displays data on student performance.
New to the Second Edition:
Human stories added to the start of each chapter
Section on the clinical identification of microbes added
Updated coverage of microbiomes, emerging infectious diseases, vaccines, and antibiotic resistance
Simplified coverage of chemistry, genetics, and immunology
Chapters on viral infection revised
New chapter openings and end-of-chapter questions, and a refreshed color scheme
PEDAGOGICAL FEATURES
Microbiology: A Clinical Approach contains many features that make it an effective tool for teaching and learning.
The book opens with a Learning Skills section which introduces practical strategies for improving reading comprehension and retention.
The first chapter presents a series of case studies designed to grab the reader’s attention and demonstrate the vital importance of studying microbiology.
The Why is This Important? feature helps students understand why they need to learn the material in the chapter.
Chapters also start with an Overview and a chapter map which diagrams the contents. New Human Stories help students see how microbiology is relevant to healthcare.
Keep in Mind section summaries throughout each chapter allow the student to pause and review the material just read.
Fast Facts sections are designed to highlight a particularly interesting microbiology topic or fact.
There are three types of questions at the end of chapters. The correct answers, and explanations of the answers, are available on the Student Resource Website through the E-Tutor.
Multiple-choice Self Evaluation and Chapter Confidence questions test basic comprehension.
Depth of Understanding questions require the students to integrate important concepts in a more challenging way.
Clinical Corner questions ask students to apply what they have just learned to a specific clinical setting or problem.
The book figures are bold, bright, and user-friendly and make difficult topics easy to understand, and the authors use everyday language to explain things as simply as possible.
MicroMovies provide dynamic views of the microscopic and molecular worlds, and they were developed to make some of the challenging topics more accessible to students. Marginal icons indicate when a movie is available that corresponds to a particular section or figure.
The Pathogen List is a quick and easy reference to the pathogens mentioned in the book, their characteristics, and the diseases they cause.
A glossary contains definitions of the scientific and clinical terminology.
TOC:
Learning Skills
PART I FOUNDATIONS
1. What Is Microbiology and Why Does It Matter?
2. Fundamental Chemistry for Microbiology
3. Essentials of Metabolism
4. An Introduction to Cell Structure and Host–Pathogen Relationships
PART II DISEASE MECHANISMS
5. Requirements for Infection
6. Transmission of Infection, the Compromised Host, Epidemiology, and Diagnosing Infections
7. Principles of Disease
8. Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases
PART III CHARACTERISTICS OF DISEASE-CAUSING MICROORGANISMS
9. The Clinical Significance of Bacterial Anatomy
10. Bacterial Growth
11. Microbial Genetics and Infectious Disease
12. The Structure and Infection Cycle of Viruses
13. Viral Pathogenesis
14. Parasitic and Fungal Infections
PART IV HOST DEFENSE
15. The Innate Immune Response
16. The Adaptive Immune Response
17. Failures of the Immune Response
PART V CONTROL AND TREATMENT
18. Control of Microbial Growth with Disinfectants and Antiseptics
19. Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Drugs
20. Antibiotic Resistance
PART VI MICROBIAL INFECTIONS
21. Infections of the Respiratory System
22. Infections of the Digestive System
23. Infections of the Genitourinary System
24. Infections of the Central Nervous System
25. Infections of the Blood
26. Infections of the Skin and Eyes
Answers to Questions
Glossary
Pathogen List