Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple

✍ Scribed by Mark T. Gladwin M.D., William Trattler M.D., C. Scott Mahan M.D.

• Publisher: MedMaster
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 417
• Edition: 6
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.Companion Digital Download of Atlas of Microbiology program (Win/Mac).Excellent for USMLE Board Review.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Table of Contents
Part 1. BACTERIA
1. Bacterial Taxonomy
2. Cell Structures, Virulence Factors and Toxins
3. Bacterial Genetics
Gram-Positive Bacteria
4. Streptococci
5. Staphylococci
6. Bacillus and Clostridium
7. Corynebacterium and Listeria
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. Miscelllaneous Antibiotics
Part 2. FUNGI
21. The Fungi
22. Antifungal Antibiotics
Part 3. VIRUSES
23. Viral Replication and Taxonomy
24. Orthomyxoviridae and Paramyxoviridae
25. Hepatitis Viridae
26. Retroviridae, HIV, and AIDS
27. Herpesviridae
28. The Rest of The DNA Viruses
29. The Rest of the RNA Viruses
30. Anti-Viral Medications
Part 4. PARASITES
31. Protozoa
32. Helminths
Part 5. Very Strange Critters
33. Prions
Part 6. The End
34. One Step Towards the Post-Antibiotic Era?
35. The Agents of Bioterrorism
Index
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