Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases

by John E. Bennett, Raphael Dolin, Martin J. Blaser

After thirty five years, Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 8th Edition is still the reference of choice for comprehensive, global guidance on diagnosing and treating the most challenging infectious diseases. Drs. John E. Bennett and Raphael Dolin along with new editorial team member Dr. Martin Blaser have meticulously updated this latest edition to save you time and to ensure you have the latest clinical and scientific knowledge at your fingertips. With new chapters, expanded and updated coverage, increased worldwide perspectives, and many new contributors, Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 8th Edition helps you identify and treat whatever infectious disease you see.

"I highly recommend Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, together with the included ExpertConsult, the on-line version of the book that is a searchable source and is available to a variety of platforms. It is updated twice each year and is an excellent solution for health-care professionals to keep informed of the latest knowledge" Reviewed by Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol, March 2015

.."what an in depth textbook should be, a superb and vast, yet highly readable review of its topic." Reviewed by glycosmedia.com, Mar 2015

"Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases has many features and formats that make it a comprehensive, current, and clear source of information" Reviewed by Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol, Feb 2015

Genres: Medicine

3577 pages, Hardcover

First published September 28, 1989

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

John Eugene Bennett (1933- ), MD, MACP, FIDSA, Adjunct Professor, Uniformed Services University of Health Science, Bethesda, MD USA.

Dr. Bennett earned his M.D. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a master in the American College of Physicians; a former president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America; the charter president of the Greater Washington Infectious Diseases Society; a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the American Association of Physicians.

Dr. Bennett's primary research interest lies in basic and clinical mycology.

He has received numerous awards and honors.

Reviews

[Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the M avium Complex, NTM (non TB mycobacterium), and both HIV sections which was what I wanted from this book
overall really extensive and helpful but do have to dunk on the 12 page virologic summary for HIV early in the book obviously still very well written with some incredible info about what we kno about each of the viral proteins and overall the viral life cycle but never read a chapter more clearly edited by robert gallo lmao
no one else would mention HTLV-I and II so much in a short summary chapter on HIV virology. Especially in a book with two other chapters on those viruses? Quite strange. He also shoehorned in some other history from his own lab (recent technological developments of culturing t cells allowed for discovery of HIV…) and some out of date terms like calling R5-tropic virus macrophage specific? like we don’t already know that in vivo it mainly infects CD4s and also calls it syncytia forming virus.
But other than these nit picky things overall really informative and I’m glad I read it just kinda funny the quirks you can find bc it’s edited by gallo.
The main treatment + immunology + epi chapters for HIV were incredible (and without gallo as an editor interestingly don’t mention htlv once… curious lol) and would recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand a specific infectious disease better.

[Cody Jinnette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty dense but a good read. I thought the organization was good and I really enjoyed some of the subplots you find sprinkled throughout.

[Steven jb · Rating 4 out of 5]

The best Infectious Disease text at the time.