Taxonomic Guide to Infectious Diseases 2nd Edition by Jules J. Berman, ISBN-13: 978-0128175767

Taxonomic Guide to Infectious Diseases 2nd Edition by Jules J. Berman, ISBN-13: 978-0128175767

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• Publisher: ‎ Academic Press; 2nd edition (June 14, 2019)
• Language: ‎ English
• 399 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0128175761
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0128175767

A completely updated, revised and expanded guide to the classes of organisms that contain all the known causes of human infectious diseases.

Taxonomic Guide to Infectious Diseases: Understanding the Biologic Classes of Pathogenic Organisms, Second Edition tackles the complexity of clinical microbiology by assigning every infectious organism to one of 40+ taxonomic classes and providing a description of the defining traits that apply to all the organisms within each class. This edition is an updated, revised and greatly expanded guide to the classes of organisms that infect humans. This book will provide students and clinicians alike with a simplified way to understand the complex fields of clinical microbiology and parasitology.

Table of Contents:

1. Principles of Taxonomy

2. Species and Speciation

3. Bacteria

4. Eukaryotes

5. Animals

6. Fungi

7. Viruses

8. Changing How We Think about Infectious Diseases

Jules J. Berman, Ph.D., M.D. holds degrees from MIT, Temple University, and the University of Miami. He served as Chief of Anatomic Pathology, Surgical Pathology, and Cytopathology at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, with joint appointments at the University of Maryland Medical Center and at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. He later served at the US National Cancer Institute as a medical officer and as program director for pathology informatics in the Cancer Diagnosis Program. Dr. Berman is a past president of the Association for Pathology Informatics and the 2011 recipient of the association’s Lifetime Achievement Award.Jules J. Berman, Ph.D., M.D. holds degrees from MIT, Temple University, and the University of Miami. He served as Chief of Anatomic Pathology, Surgical Pathology, and Cytopathology at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, with joint appointments at the University of Maryland Medical Center and at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. He later served at the US National Cancer Institute as a medical officer and as program director for pathology informatics in the Cancer Diagnosis Program. Dr. Berman is a past president of the Association for Pathology Informatics and the 2011 recipient of the association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He has first-authored more than 100 journal articles and has written 18 science books. His most recent titles, published by Elsevier, include:

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