• Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple
  • Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple
  • Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple - MedMaster
  • Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple - MedMaster
  • Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple - MedMaster
  • Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple - MedMaster
  • Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple - MedMaster
  • Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple - MedMaster
  • Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple - MedMaster

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Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple

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NEW COLOEDITION!!!

Excellent for USMLE Board Review!

A brief, clear, thorough, and highly enjoyable updated approach to clinical microbiology, brimming with mnemonics, humor, summary charts and illustrations, from Ebola to AIDS to flesh-eating bacteria; to mad cow disease, hantavirus, anthrax, smallpox, botulism, Clostridium difficile diagnosis and treatment; treatment of gonorrhea in light of growing antimicrobial resistance; Tuberculosis diagnostics, drugs for treatment of latent TB infection and MDR TB; the latest antibiotics; pandemic flu, including H7N9; SARS-like coronavirus; the latest hepatitis C treatment options; the latest HIV diagnostics and approved HIV meds; Zika virus; Measles and a new chapter on the latest emerging infectious diseases and drug resistant bacteria.

*The major update to this book is the addition of a brand new chapter on the SARS-COV-2 Virus and COVID-19 disease. This chapter delves into the nature of the virus such as:

  • SARS-COV-2 Virus genetic makeup
  • SARS-COV-2 Virus structural components
  • Infectivity within the body
  • Transmission between individuals
  • Timeline of infectivity
  • Symptoms
  • Risk factors
  • Different laboratory testing methods
  • Radiology findings in the infected
  • Different PPE and their usefulness
  • Therapeutics for COVID-19 such as: antiviral therapies, plasma treatment, monoclonal antibody therapy, anticoagulation and anti-inflammatory therapy
  • Names and method of actions of all vaccines approved for use.

 

Companion Digital Download of Atlas of Microbiology program (Win/Mac).

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Author(s)

Mark T. Gladwin, M.D.
Mark T. Gladwin, M.D. is Jack D. Myers Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine and Director, Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

William Trattler, M.D.
William Trattler, M.D. is Director of Cornea Center For Excellence In Eye Care Miami, FL, Volunteer Faculty Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Miami, FL.

C. Scott Mahan, M.D.
C. Scott Mahan, M.D. is Division Head of Infectious Disease at Charles George VA in Asheville, NC.

Details

Pages: 448

Publication: Edition 9 (May 25, 2022)

Language: English

Digital: Includes interactive Atlas of Microbiology download

ISBN: 9781935660491 eISBN: 9781935660606

Table of contents

PART 1. BACTERIA

1. Bacterial Taxonomy

2. Cell Structures, Virulence Factors, and Toxins

3. Bacterial Genetics (Sex)

GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA

4. Streptococcus

5. Staphylococcus

6. Bacillus and Clostridium (Spore-Forming Rods)

7. Corynebacterium and Listeria (Non-Spore-Forming Rods)

GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA

8. Neisseria

9. The Enterics

10. Hospital-Acquired Gram Negatives

11. Haemophilus, Bordetella, and Legionella

12. Yersinia, Francisella, Brucella, and Pasteurella

13. Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and Friends

14. Spirochetes

ACID-FAST BACTERIA

15. Mycobacterium

BACTERIA WITHOUT CELL WALLS

16. Mycoplasma

ANTI-BACTERIAL MEDICATIONS

17. Penicillin Family Antibiotics

18. Anti-ribosomal Antibiotics

19. Anti-Tb and Anti-leprosy Antibiotics

20. Miscellaneous Antibiotics

PART 2. FUNGI

21. The Fungi

22. Anti-fungal Medications

PART 3. VIRUSES

23. Viral Replication and Taxonomy

24. Orthomyxo and Paramyxoviridae

25. Hepatitis Viridae

26. Retroviridae, HIV, and AIDS

27. Herpseviridae

28. Rest of the DNA Viruses

29. Rest of the RNA Viruses

30. Anti-viral Medications

PART 4. PARASITES

31. Protozoans

32. Helminths

PART 5. VERY STRANGE CRITTERS

33. Prions

PART 6. THE END

34. Antimicrobial Resistance: One Step Toward the Post-antibiotic Era

35. The Agents of Bioterrorism

36. Emerging Infectious Diseases

37. SARS-2 COV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Disease

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