Authors: Bruce A. McClane, Timothy A. Mietzner, Bruce A. Phillips, John N. Dowling
The fact that infectious diseases claim over 17 million victims worldwide each year, along with the emergence of new
drug resistance pathogens regulary signals tht infectious diseases will continue to be a daily concern of the Physician well into the future. This reality requires that today's medical students develop a solid foundation in medical microbiology, a foundation they can achieved by using IMS:
Microbial Pathogenesis. This book is developed in response to the changing field of medical microbiology. The number of diseases and the diversity of
microbial pathogens that cause these diseases are far too many for simple taxonomic organization. As a result, IMS Microbial Pathogenesis