Talaro's text takes a taxonomic (organism) approach to the disease coverage(Ch. 18-25). Students are introduced to each pathogen by a description of the class it belongs to, the diseases (and characteristic symptoms) it causes, and the diagnosis and treatment of those diseases.
Unique "mini chapter" -Introduction to Medical Microbiology. Located between Chapters 17 and 18, this "mini-chapter" is an introduction to the clinical material in the text. It gives an overview of lab techniques, safety procedures, and other items of interest to a clinical microbiology student.
Excellent learning aids such as bulleted Chapter Overview sections, updated Chapter Capsules, footnoted word origins, and pronunciation guides help students better comprehend difficult material.
A Basic Principles version (Chapters 1-17 of this text) is also available.
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Four contributors have aided in the revision of the Fifth Edition to facilitate thorough content reviews and illustration revisions. Each brings their own special focus as an educator, microbiologist, physician, or immunologist to the project.
The Fifth Edition has been revised and updated to reflect the latest discoveries in microbiology. For example:
Much of the art program is either new or revised.
Brighter colors have been incorporated; color consistency has been improved among common objects (i.e., cell walls throughout the text are now the same color); and new photos and line art have replaced older line art to give students a more realistic view of microbiology.
The end-of-chapter problems have been both expanded and revised, including new Concept questions and Internet Search challenges.
New instructor tool! The Digital Content Manager CD-ROM is an easy-to-use, instructor-based presentation tool that will include all art and tables and most photos in jpeg format; chapter-specific PowerPoint lecture presentations; 50 animations of difficult microbiology concepts; 35 videos of microorganisms and 50 pieces of text-specific active art.
The study guide that accompanies the Talaro text is entirely new with more critical-thinking exercises, concept maps, and other interactive activities to help students have a complete understanding of microbiology.
This Online Learning Center includes entirely new chapter quizzes along with flashcards, animations, and other interactive exercises to provide the students with another opportunity to reinforce what they learned through lecture and the text.
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