Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach

Key differences between 2nd and 1st editions

• Period between current and previous editions: 3 years (2015 vs 2012).
• The First edition of Cowan's Microbiology Fundamentals was published in 2012.
• Major changes and new material in the Second Ed.:
• Chapter 3: Bacterial microcompartments, bacterial and archaeal surface layers.
• Chapter 9: Critical and semi-critical instruments for disinfection and sterilization.
• Chapter 10:
• CDC Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013 report.
• Current problems with of antimicrobial resistance.
• Chapter 11:
• Normal flora in the lower respiratory tract.
• Polymicrobial diseases.
• Quorum sensing bacteria.
• How social media and Internet influence on epidemiology.
• Chapter 12:
• Gamma-delta T cells, natural killer T cells, and natural killer cells in specific and non-specific immunity.
• Inflammasomes, the large multiprotein cytoplasmic complexes.
• Chapter 15: Section 15.6 on breakthroughs in the diagnosis of infectious diseases, including mass spectrometry, deep sequencing.
• Chapter 18: Inside the Clinic box about 2014 Ebola outbreak.
• Chapter 19: Important updates about on tuberculosis and influenza.
• Absolutely new Chapter 22 on human, animal, ecological, and environmental health interconnect.