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| Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology (Diagnostic Microbiology (Bailey & Scott's)) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Betty A. Forbes, Daniel F. Sahm, Alice S. Weissfeld
Publisher: Mosby
Category: Book
List Price: $99.95
Buy New: $55.80
You Save: $44.15 (44%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 166916
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1056
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.8 x 1.6
ISBN: 0323030653
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.90475
EAN: 9780323030656
ASIN: 0323030653
Publication Date: January 10, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The new 12th edition of Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology solidifies its reputation as the classic text in the field of microbiology. This new edition features the same comprehensive, authoritative content - and adds new and updated material throughout. The team of authors includes three well-respected clinical microbiologists, all of whom have experience both in the classroom and the clinical laboratory.
- A respected author team consists of three well-respected clinical microbiologists, each of whom has experience both in the classroom and the clinical laboratory.
- Genera and Species to be Considered highlight all of the organisms to be discussed in each chapter, including the current name of the species as well as any previous names.
- Detailed hands-on procedures make the content more interesting and relevant by describing exactly what takes place in the micro lab.
- Convenient, easy-to-read tables summarize key information.
- A glossary of all of the terms is found at the back of the book for quick reference.
- Three NEW chapters:
- General Considerations and Applications of Information Provided in Bacterial Sections of Part III explains explains the criteria for organism inclusion and how it should be used.
- Bacterial Identification Flow Charts and Schemes: A Guide to Part III includes gram reaction, shape, arrangement, atmosphere preferred, oxidase and catalase reactions, among other decision points for various pathogens, creating a visual method of identifying and cross referencing organisms.
- Sentinel Laboratory Response to Bioterrorism
- A NEW section on clinical laboratory management
- More case studies help to develop critical thinking skills, with answers in an appendix.
- More photos of the major organisms have been included to help in identifying different organisms.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
Overall a good book September 7, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book holds a lot of useful information from safety to bacteria. Some of the parasitology was lacking and all of the tables can be useful or a menace depending on how well you can learn from them. The pictures were very useful and everything is easy to understand.
Nice Book January 9, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The great pictures and tables in this book keep it interesting, the only bad thing about it is that there are no end-of-chapter reviews or questions.
 Is it really good? August 11, 2006
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
The eleventh edition is good in many aspects. But it cannot be denied that it is not as good as Koneman's book. Bailey and Scott is more suitable only for the bench technicians and not for researchers and graduate students. The book churns out table after table, in the name of comparative analysis. A student's mind will have difficulty in memorising and reproducing tables in the exam. In that sense, the lucid style of presentation in Koneman is commendable. Probably, the author of B&S did not have 'the student' in their mind when they wrote it. Another grossly lacking area is Parasitology. When compared to books written by Indian authors like SC Parija and Chatterjea, Bailey and Scott lags far behind. Probably, it is because parasitic infections are less in the US, which is why this area has been under emphasised.
As a gradute student in India, I would strongly encourage my friends and fellow microbiologists to singularly follow Koneman alone. Trying to use Koneman with Bailey and Scott or trying to substitute Koneman with Bailey and Scott is an exercise in futility.
These are my personal views only. Perhaps, students who want to finish studying clinical microbiology quickly because of the proximity of the exam dates, can go for Bailey and Scott. For MD students like me, we all in our college unanimously vote for the
Koneman.
 Um bom livro de consulta March 21, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Um bom livro de consulta, um bom livro para estudo sistematizado de microbiologia.
Microbiology March 20, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was a very useful tool in the class that I took.The pictures were very helful in determining different parasites and understanding how species are very related,but different.
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