Clinical microbiology made ridiculously simple

✍ Scribed by Gladwin M., Trattler B.

• Publisher: MedMaster
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 320
• Edition: 3ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

(Currently in 2004 revised printing) A brief, clear, thorough, and highly enjoyable approach to clinical microbiology, brimming with mnemonics, humor, summary charts and illustrations, from AIDS to "flesh-eating bacteria" to ebola, mad cow disease, hantavirus, anthrax, smallpox, botulism, etc. Excellent Board review.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS......Page 7
Chp.1-Bacterial Taxonomy......Page 9
Chp.2-Cell Structures, Virulence Factors and Toxins......Page 16
Chp.3-Bacterial Genetics......Page 24
Chp.4-Streptococci......Page 30
Chp.5-Staphylococci......Page 39
Chp.6-Baccilus and Clostridium(Spore-forming Rods)......Page 46
Chp.7-Corynebacterium and Listeria (Non-Spore-Forming Rods)......Page 53
Chp.8-Neisseria......Page 57
Chp.9-The Enterics......Page 62
Chp.10-Haemophilus, Bordetella, and Legionella......Page 76
Chp.11-Yersinia, Francisella, Brucella and Pasteurella......Page 81
Chp.12-Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and Friends......Page 86
Chp.13-Spirochetes......Page 99
Chp.14-Mycobacterium......Page 110
Chp.15-Bacteria without cell walls......Page 119
Chp.16-Penicillin-family Antibiotics......Page 122
Chp.17-Anti-Ribosomal Antibiotics......Page 133
Chp.18-Anti-TB and Anti-Leprosy Drugs......Page 141
Chp.19-Miscellaneous Antibiotics......Page 147
Chp.20-Fungi......Page 151
Chp.21-Antifungal Antibiotics......Page 162
Chp.22-Viral Replication and Taxonomy......Page 168
Chp.23-Orthomyxoviridea and Paramyxoviridae......Page 179
Chp.24-Hepatitis Viridae......Page 187
Chp.25-Retroviridae, HIV and AIDS......Page 197
Chp.26-Herpesviridae......Page 211
Chp.27-The Rest of the DNA viruses......Page 216
Chp.28-The Rest of the RNA viruses......Page 222
Chp.29-Anti-Viral Medications......Page 231
Chp.30-Protozoa......Page 241
Chp.31-Helminths......Page 258
Chp.32-Prions......Page 303
Chp.33-One Step Towards the Postantibiotic Era?......Page 307