The organizing vision of this text-book is neither a taxonomic outline of the microbiologic world nor an epide-miologic understanding of our evolv-ing insights into epidemics. Rather it is translational, ecologic, holistic, and distinctly clinical. It is a fun and readable book that engages the imagi-nation and retains the interest of the clinically oriented reader while con-veying an understanding of the direct implications of molecular characteris-tics of infectious agents to the practice of medicine
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