The new third edition of this best–selling text presents interesting and challenging cases that make the study of medical microbiology and infectious diseases enjoyable and enable students to develop a working knowledge of the variety of microorganisms that cause infections in humans. Extensive introductory material explains in simple and concise language the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches that the clinical laboratory uses in assisting the physician in making infectious disease diagnoses. All of the approaches described are encountered in the cases that follow. The 68 cases are presented as "unknowns" and represent actual case histories the authors have encountered at two university teaching hospitals. Each case is accompanied by several questions to test knowledge in four broad areas: 1) the etiologic agent?s characteristics and laboratory diagnosis; 2) pathogenesis and clinical presentation; 3) epidemiology; and 4) prevention and, in some cases, drug...

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