Molecular Medical Microbiology - Hardcover

Yi-Wei Tang

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123971691 ISBN 13: 9780123971692

Publisher: Academic Press Inc, 2014

Synopsis

The molecular age has brought about dramatic changes in medical microbiology, and great leaps in our understanding of the mechanisms of infectious disease. Molecular Medical Microbiology is the first book to synthesise the many new developments in both molecular and clinical research in a single comprehensive resource. This timely and authoritative three-volume work is an invaluable reference source of medical bacteriology. Comprising more than 100 chapters, organized into 17 major sections, the scope of this impressive work is wide-ranging. Written by experts in the field, chapters include cutting-edge information, and clinical overviews for each major bacterial group, in addition to the latest updates on vaccine development, molecular technology and diagnostic technology. Topics covered include bacterial structure, cell function, and genetics; mechanisms of pathogenesis and prevention; antibacterial agents; and infections ranging from gastrointestinal to urinary tract, centrtal nervous system, respiratory tract, and more.

• The first comprehensive and accessible reference on molecular medical microbiology
• Full color presentation througout
• In-depth discussion of individual pathogenic bacteria in a system-oriented approach
• Includes a clinical overview for each major bacterial group
• Presents the latest information on vaccine development, molecular technology, and diagnostic technology
• More than 100 chapters covering all major groups of bacteria
• Written by an international panel of authors who are experts in their respective disciplines

About this title

Review:

An essential addition to any academic and research library or laboratory

About the Author:

Dr. Yi-Wei Tang is currently the Chief of the Clinical Microbiology Service at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, USA. He was a Lecturer and Clinical Fellow at the Mayo Clinic and Assistant Professor, Associate Professor to Professor at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He has been engaged in medical and molecular microbiology translational researches, aimed at developing and evaluating new and advanced microbiological diagnostic testing procedures. Dr. Tang ranks among the top of the scientific field in clinical and molecular microbiology, as evidenced by his election as an Editor for the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, an Associate Editor for the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, and a Fellow of the American Academy for Microbiology and of the Infectious Disease Society of America. Dr. Tang has been recognized for his extraordinary expertise in the molecular microbiology diagnosis and monitoring with 156 peer-reviewed articles and 68 book chapters in this field during the past 20 years. Dr. Tang is a chief editor of a Springer book “Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Microbiology and a co-editor of two ASM Press books “Molecular Microbiology: Diagnostic Principle and Practice and “Diagnostic Microbiology in Immunocompromised Host .

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press Inc
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0123971691
• ISBN 13: 9780123971692
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 2216
• Editor: Yi-Wei Tang, Max Sussman, Dongyou Liu, Ian Poxton, Joseph D. Schwartzman