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  • Culture Negative Orthopedic Biofilm Infections

    Edited by Garth D. Ehrlich, Patrick J. DeMeo, J. William Costerton, Heinz Winkler ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    During the recent transition between acute diseases caused by swarms of single planktonic bacteria, and chronic infections caused by bacteria growing in slime-enclosed biofilms, a general clinical consensus has emerged that pathologies with bacterial etiologies are frequently culture negative. Because biofilm infections now affect 17 million Americans per year (killing approximately 450,000), the ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

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  • Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

    Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

    by David Quammen ...
    A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases.The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia—but those reports miss the big truth ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Schaum's Outline of Microbiology, Second Edition

    by Jennifer M. Warner, I. Edward Alcamo ...
    Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get ... Read more

    $22.39 USD

  • Antibiotic Resistance

    The End of Modern Medicine

    by Siouxsie Wiles ...
    Series Book 54 - BWB Texts
    In ten years’ time, will antibiotics still work? Have we let bacteria get the upper hand in the evolutionary arms race?In the 1920s the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin started a golden age of medicine. However, experts warn that the end of that age may be just a decade away. In this BWB Text, microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles explores the looming crisis of antibiotic resistance and its threat ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Natural Alternatives to Antibiotics – Revised and Updated

    How to treat infections without antibiotics

    by John McKenna ...
    'A long-awaited book that answers many questions.' Jan de Vries Antibiotics were developed in the 1940s. Then, they were hailed as a huge breakthrough in the treatment of bacterial infections. Today, they are the most commonly prescribed drugs worldwide. But massive over-prescription of antibiotics has created its own problems. The advent of antibiotic-resistant organisms – or 'superbugs' – has ... Read more

    $5.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Related Toxigenic Species

    Genomics, Pathogenicity and Applications

    Edited by Andreas Burkovski ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Corynebacterium diphtheriae is the classical etiological agent of diphtheria and the type strain of the genus Corynebacterium. While diphtheria of the respiratory tract became rare with the introduction of vaccination programs in industrialized countries, even today several thousand cases per year are reported to the World Health Organization. This shows that diphtheria is not completely ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Biogeography of Microscopic Organisms

    Is Everything Small Everywhere?

    Edited by Diego Fontaneto ...
    Series Book 79 - Systematics Association Special Volume Series
    Bringing together the viewpoints of leading experts in taxonomy, ecology and biogeography of different taxa, this book synthesises discussion surrounding the so-called 'everything is everywhere' hypothesis. It addresses the processes that generate spatial patterns of diversity and biogeography in organisms that can potentially be cosmopolitan. The contributors discuss questions such as: are ... Read more

    $104.19 USD

  • Rumen Microbiology: From Evolution to Revolution

    Edited by Devki Nandan Kamra, Rameshwar Singh, Anil Kumar Puniya ...
    This book offers an in-depth description of different groups of microbes (i.e. bacteria, protozoa, fungi and viruses) that exist in the rumen microbial community, and offers an overview of rumen microbiology, the rumen microbial ecosystem of domesticated ruminants, and rumen microbial diversity. It provides the latest concepts on rumen microbiology for scholars, researchers and teachers of animal ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • Biofilm Infections

    Edited by Thomas Bjarnsholt, Peter Østrup Jensen, Claus Moser, Niels Høiby ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book will cover both the evidence for biofilms in many chronic bacterial infections as well as the problems facing these infections such as diagnostics and treatment regimes. A still increasing interest and emphasis on the sessile bacterial lifestyle biofilms has been seen since it was realized that that less than 0.1% of the total microbial biomass lives in the planktonic mode of growth. The ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Molecular Medical Microbiology

    Edited by Yi-Wei Tang, Max Sussman, Ian Poxton, Dongyou Liu, Joseph Schwartzman ...
    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 ... Read more

    $674.99 USD

  • Organohalide-Respiring Bacteria

    Edited by Lorenz Adrian, Frank E. Löffler ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book summarizes the current state of knowledge concerning bacteria that use halogenated organic compounds as respiratory electron acceptors. The discovery of organohalide-respiring bacteria has expanded the range of electron acceptors used for energy conservation, and serves as a prime example of how scientific discoveries are enabling innovative engineering solutions that have transformed ... Read more

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  • Antibiotics – Are They Curing Us or Killing Us?

    The Catastrophic Impact of the Over-prescription of Antibiotics on Our Health

    by John McKenna ...
    Antibiotics: Are they curing us or killing us? 'Without urgent, co-ordinated action by many stakeholders, the world is headed for a post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and minor injuries which have been treatable for decades can once again kill.' Dr Keiji Fukuda, World Health Organization For anyone reeling from this recent, shocking statement from WHO, Dr John McKenna is here to help. ... Read more

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