Taxonomic Guide to Infectious Diseases

Taxonomic Guide to Infectious Diseases, Second Edition tackles the complexity of clinical microbiology by assigning every infectious organism to one of 40+ taxonomic classes, and providing a description of the defining traits that apply to all the organisms within each class. This edition is an updated, revised, and greatly expanded guide to the classes of organisms that infect humans. Taxonomic Guide to Infectious Diseases provides students and clinicians alike with a simplified way to understand the complex fields of clinical microbiology and parasitology.
Key Features

    Focuses on human disease processes and includes numerous clinical tips for healthcare providers
    Describes the principles of classification and explains why the science of taxonomy is vital to the fields of bioinformatics and modern disease research
    Includes images of prototypical organisms for taxonomic classes
    Includes a section that lists common taxonomic pitfalls, and how they can be avoided

Readership

Medical and graduate students in microbiology, infectious diseases, clinicians, researchers and clinical investigators working in infectious diseases, medical microbiology, pathology and precision medicine

Table of Contents

1. Principles of Taxonomy
2. Species and Speciation
3. Bacteria
4. Eukaryotes
5. Animals
6. Fungi
7. Viruses
8. Changing How We Think about Infectious Diseases

Jules Berman, Freelance author with expertise in informatics, computer programming, and cancer biology, Jules Berman holds two bachelor of science degrees from MIT (Mathematics, and Earth and Planetary Sciences), a PhD from Temple University, and an MD, from the University of Miami. He was a graduate researcher in the Fels Cancer Research Institute, at Temple University, and at the American Health Foundation in Valhalla, New York. His post-doctoral studies were completed at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and his residency was completed at the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Dr. Berman served as Chief of Anatomic Pathology, Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, where he held joint appointments at the University of Maryland Medical Center and at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. In 1998, he transferred to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, as a Medical Officer, and as the Program Director for Pathology Informatics in the Cancer Diagnosis Program at the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Berman is a past President of the Association for Pathology Informatics, and the 2011 recipient of the association's Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a listed author on over 200 scientific publications and has written more than a dozen books in his three areas of expertise: informatics, computer programming, and cancer biology. Dr. Berman is currently a free-lance writer.