TY - BOOK AU - Burton,Gwendolyn R.W. AU - Engelkirk,Paul G. TI - Microbiology for the health sciences SN - 0781761441 U1 - 616.01 PY - 2004///] CY - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PB - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - Microbiology KW - Medical microbiology N1 - Includes index; Section I. Introduction to microbiology; Microbiology : the science; Microscopy; Section II. Introduction to microorganisms; Cell structure and taxonomy; Diversity of microorganisms; Acellular and procaryotic microbes; Diversity of microorganisms; Eucaryotic microbes; Section III. Chemical and genetic aspects of microorganisms; Biochemistry : the chemistry of life; Microbial physiology and genetics; Section IV. Controlling the growth of microorganism; Controlling microbial growth in vitro; Using antimicrobial agents to control microbial growth in Vivo; Section V. Environmental microbiology; Microbial ecology; Epidemiology and public health; Section VI. Microbiology in healthcare facilities; Healthcare epidemiology : nosocomial infections and infection control; Diagnosing infectious diseases; Section VII. Pathogenicity and host defense mechanisms; Nonspecific host defense mechanisms; Specific host defense mechanisms : an introduction to immunology; Section VIII. Infectious diseases; Major viral, bacterial, and fungal diseases of humans; Major parasitic diseases of humans : an introduction to medical parasitology ER -