- Paperback: 668 pages
- Publisher: Mosby; 4 edition (11 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0323044751
- ISBN-13: 978-0323044752
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 22.4 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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"This is a useful book for understanding immunology, as it puts it across in a clear and concise way. It also clarifies microbe classification, beyond what you find in clinical books. The depth of the information in the book is easy to follow and understand, and is good level for any medical student. The book also comes with access to student consult, with all its online goodies.
With its easy to use layout and useful summaries at the end of each section it will also be helpful during revision, especially to clear up any areas of difficulty. To top it off it even has little historical information boxes to provide a break from studying."
Medical Student, Glasgow University, UK
"I found myself wishing that I had been able to access such a textbook during my own training back in the eighties. Overall this book is an impressive achievement. It is clearly written, makes great use of full colour diagrams, illustration and pictures. It is up to date and is written by leaders in the field. The contribution of Peter Chiodini to this textbook results in an excellent coverage of modern parasitology...an excellent textbook to accompany an undergraduate medical course in medical microbiology."
Professor John Croall, The Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists. April 2008, Number 142
BMA Book Awards 2008 - Commended
"I like the way the book is set out focusing on the interactions between host and pathogen. It's easy to find information with clear tables, illustrations, good subject headings etc. Information is well-summarised in various sections including "Pathogen parade". This book is a very good holistic approach to learning microbiology with a focus not only on pathogens but on the complex relationships with the host. There is a right amount of detail for the intended readership with information clearly summarised. The excellent accompanying illustrations enhance the text."
With its easy to use layout and useful summaries at the end of each section it will also be helpful during revision, especially to clear up any areas of difficulty. To top it off it even has little historical information boxes to provide a break from studying."
Medical Student, Glasgow University, UK
"I found myself wishing that I had been able to access such a textbook during my own training back in the eighties. Overall this book is an impressive achievement. It is clearly written, makes great use of full colour diagrams, illustration and pictures. It is up to date and is written by leaders in the field. The contribution of Peter Chiodini to this textbook results in an excellent coverage of modern parasitology...an excellent textbook to accompany an undergraduate medical course in medical microbiology."
Professor John Croall, The Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists. April 2008, Number 142
BMA Book Awards 2008 - Commended
"I like the way the book is set out focusing on the interactions between host and pathogen. It's easy to find information with clear tables, illustrations, good subject headings etc. Information is well-summarised in various sections including "Pathogen parade". This book is a very good holistic approach to learning microbiology with a focus not only on pathogens but on the complex relationships with the host. There is a right amount of detail for the intended readership with information clearly summarised. The excellent accompanying illustrations enhance the text."
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Mims' Medical Microbiology offers you thorough and up-to-date coverage of microbiology and basic immunology, through a clinically relevant, systems-based approach. It emphasises the microbiology of the agents causing disease, and the diseases affecting individual organ systems. Through thorough cross referencing, you can easily find what you need, whether seeking information from a systems or a microbe perspective. Nearly 500 illustrations help you to visualise the subject!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The quick review on the most important patogens at the end of the book helps greatly to memorize them if it's the first time you are dealing with this subject. The book is clinical based, and excellent to have a good overview on the most important pathogens. But it's lacking by the way he describes pathogens physiology. Murray is better for this (but not as good by the clinical point of view). So, no book is perfect. Using both Mims and Murray is a good association for a throught learning and understanding of microbiology.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is very colourful which on its own is a good thing and keeps students awake! Text is easy to read most of the time and the diagrams are clear and understandable. This book is a must for basic infection and immunity courses and helpful for medics too. Makes a great change from dull textbooks.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm sorry, but this book just doesn't cut it when it comes to understanding the pathology of infectious diseases. It would be a brilliant book for medical students in its layout - being divided into separate chapters depending on type of infection, notes on treatment, symptoms and a test at the end of each chapter, presenting a case and asking you for appropriate tests, diagnosis and treatment, with answers provided in the back.
However, I am not a medic. I'm a biochemist studying infectious diseases as a subsid subject and there is a sigificant lack of detail in this book. It is a clearly written book, describing, almost narratively, the backgrounds of various illnesses but it just doesn't describe HOW and that's what you need if you are trying to study the pathogenesis of any disease.
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Good book...
This book is pretty good and it should cover the gap in many degrees. However it has to be said that the book is not the most detailed of books, but its enough depth for most... Read more
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A must have book for anyone studying Medical Microbiology!
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Handy reference for micro/viro students
Well, it starts off by being much better than Brock's Biology of Microorganisms. Its easy to follow, and by and large, easy to understand. Read more
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