Published February, 2009
By Goura Kudesia, Tim Wreghitt and Tim G. Wreghitt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Clinical Guides
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This basic but comprehensive text covers both diagnostic and clinical aspects of medical virology, aimed at all healthcare professionals who need a clear understanding of viruses in the clinical setting. Organised into five main sections of individual viruses, related agents, clinical syndromes, diagnostic techniques and patient management.

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Published February, 2009
By Rachel Gorwitz and John Jernigan
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Staphylococcus aureus is an important bacterial pathogen that causes a variety of human infections, some of which are life threatening. This book contains articles that discuss the pathogenesis and epidemiology of S aureus, antimicrobial resistance, specific types of staph infections, and treatment and prevention strategies.

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Published February, 2009
By Michael Y. Henein
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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Over the last three decades, major advances in the management of diseases of the valves have been seen. Surgical treatment of valve disease has also w- nessed great advances, having moved from traditional valve replacement to sophisticated repair procedures and the use of extracorporeal pump support in some patients.

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Published January, 2009
By James M. Jay, A. Tedesco, P.M. Falcone, E. Gala, Martin J. Loessner, F. Licciardello, David A. Golden and P M Falcone
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag)
Series: Food
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Questo volume rappresenta la versione italiana dell'ultima edizione di uno dei testi piu autorevoli e completi sulla microbiologia degli alimenti - Modern Food Microbiology - gia tradotto in varie lingue, tra le quali cinese e hindi.

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Published January, 2009
By Ilaria Capua, Dennis J. Alexander, Joseph Domenech, Bernard Vallat and Illaria Capua
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag)
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Avian Influenza (AI) and Newcastle Disease (ND) are two devastating diseases of poultry, which cause losses to the poultry industry and influence the liveability of rural communities worldwide.

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Published January, 2009
By Robert Bud
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Penicillin is the drug of the twentieth century. Using a wealth of new research, Robert Bud sets the discovery and use of penicillin in the broader context of social and cultural change across the world. His book will be of great interest to historians, scientists, and anyone wishing to understand this drug's seismic impact on our lives.

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Published January, 2009
By Mark Shirtliff, Jeff Leid, Jeff G. Leid and Mark E. Shirtliff
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Springer Series on Biofilms
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Approximately 60% of all hospital-associated infections, over one million cases per year, are due to biofilms that have formed on indwelling medical devices.

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Published December, 2008
By James L.A. Webb and James L. A. Webb, Jr
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Studies in Environment and History
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Humanity's Burden provides a panoramic overview of the history of malaria. It traces the long arc of malaria out of tropical Africa into Eurasia, its transfer to the Americas during the early years of the Columbian exchange, and its retraction from the middle latitudes into the tropics since the late nineteenth century.

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Published December, 2008
By James L.A. Webb and James L. A. Webb, Jr
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Studies in Environment and History
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Humanity's Burden provides a panoramic overview of the history of malaria. It traces the long arc of malaria out of tropical Africa into Eurasia, its transfer to the Americas during the early years of the Columbian exchange, and its retraction from the middle latitudes into the tropics since the late nineteenth century.

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Published December, 2008
By Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, Thomas P. Shanley, Derek Wheeler and Thomas Shanley
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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Just as important are the many diseases that affect the respiratory system that are not associated with acute respiratory failure, but nevertheless constitute a major portion of the practice of pediatric critical care medicine, some of which account for signi?

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