Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases: 2-Volume Set

Teaching in academic medicine

The ultimate reference for infectious diseases.

Easy to read. Comprehensive, beautiful. Delightful read. Perhaps should expand clinical detail to ultimately (and instantly) evolve into 3 dense and colorful volumes. Worth every single penny...yet other healthcare professionals already know this !

I only received one volume instead of 2 as advertised.

I've purchased every edition of this publication for the past 20 years or so, and since they're big, heavy, and expensive books, I moved to the electronic version in 2016. The problem then and now is that the while references in the text are linked to the references section of the chapter, there is no corresponding link to return readers to text they left to see the reference. This means that readers are required to set a bookmark, then check the reference, then go to e-readers bookmarks option, find the appropriate bookmark and use that to return to the page (not the specific section of text). This is not typical for texts of any sort, and definitely not for publications that run about $300 in electronic format.Other than that, I have no real complaints with this set of books (which is probably obvious, since I keep purchasing each new edition. "Mandel" is considered the gold standard reference for infectious disease for a good reason.

Bought it used but only got volume 2. Was missing volume 1. I’m not sure if that is the case buying it new.

Too heavy to carry around. I'm considering to buy a digital copy.

I only received one volume , after looking at other reviews , this has happened alot