MODERN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INFECTION AND IMMUNITY: A COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL REFERENCE TO PATHOGENS, HOST DEFENCE, IMMUNE DYSREGULATION, VACCINES, DIAGNOSTICS, AND ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY - Softcover

BLACKWELL, CHARLES

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798160033020

Verlag: Independently published, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

Modern Encyclopedia of Infection and Immunity is a comprehensive medical reference designed to connect microbiology, infectious disease, immunology, diagnostics, therapeutics, and prevention within one clinically focused resource.

Written for healthcare professionals, students, educators, and readers seeking advanced medical knowledge, this encyclopedia explains how pathogens interact with the human host, how immune defenses recognize and control disease, and how immune dysfunction can alter clinical outcomes.

The book develops a practical understanding of bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic, and opportunistic diseases while examining innate and adaptive immune responses, inflammation, antibodies, complement, immune memory, hypersensitivity, immunodeficiency, autoimmunity, transplantation, and immune-mediated injury.

Readers are guided through diagnostic microbiology, laboratory interpretation, antimicrobial susceptibility, molecular testing, serology, clinical reasoning, vaccination, infection prevention, antimicrobial therapy, resistance mechanisms, source control, emerging pathogens, outbreak investigation, and One Health principles.

Rather than treating microbiology and immunology as separate subjects, the book shows how pathogen biology, host defense, anatomical site, disease severity, diagnostic evidence, and therapeutic decisions interact in real clinical practice.

Clinical frameworks, key concepts, case-based discussions, diagnostic reasoning models, terminology, and review material help transform complex scientific information into practical understanding.

Topics include bacterial and viral pathogenesis, medical mycology, parasitology, antimicrobial pharmacology, vaccine science, laboratory diagnostics, immune dysregulation, healthcare-associated disease, infection-control strategies, drug resistance, immunocompromised hosts, emerging diseases, and modern public-health surveillance.

Modern Encyclopedia of Infection and Immunity is designed as a substantial reference for nursing and medical students, clinicians, laboratory professionals, allied health practitioners, educators, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the relationship between microorganisms, host defense, diagnosis, treatment, and disease prevention.

Author: Charles Blackwell

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Independently published
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798160033020
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 231
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