Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple / Edition 7

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

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781935660330
Publisher:	MedMaster
Publication date:	01/02/2019
Pages:	418
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.90(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

PART 1. BACTERIA

1. BACTERIAL TAXONOMY
2. CELL STRUCTURES, VIRULENCE FACTORS, and TOXINS
3. BACTERIAL GENETICS

GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA

1. STREPTOCOCCUS
2. STAPHYLOCOCCUS
3. BACILLUS and CLOSTRIDIUM (SPORE-FORMING RODS)
4. ORYNEBACTERIUM and LISTERIA (NON-SPORE-FORMING RODS)

GRAM-NEGATIVEBACTERIA

1. NEISSERIA
2. THE ENTERICS
3. HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED GRAM NEGATIVES
4. HAEMOPHILUS, BORDETELLA, and LEGIONELLA
5. YERSINIA, FRANCISELLA, BRUCELLA, and PASTEURELLA
6. CHLAMYDIA, RICKETTSIA, and FRIENDS
7. SPIROCHETES

ACID-FASTBACTERIA

1. MYCOBACTERIUM

BACTERIA WITHOUT CELL WALLS

1. MYCOPLASMA

ANTI-BACTERIAL MEDICATIONS

1. PENICILLIN FAMILY ANTIBIOTICS
2. ANTI-RIBOSOMAL ANTIBIOTICS
3. ANTI-TB and ANTI-LEPROSY ANTIBIOTICS
4. MISCELLANEOUS ANTIBIOTICS

PART 2. FUNGI

1. THE FUNGI
2. ANTI-FUNGAL MEDICATIONS

PART 3. VIRUSES

1. VIRAL REPLICATION and TAXONOMY
2. ORTHOMYXO and PARAMYXOVIRIDAE
3. HEPATITIS VIRIDAE
4. RETROVIRIDAE, HIV, and AIDS
5. HERPESVIRIDAE
6. REST OF THE DNA VIRUSES
7. REST OF THE RNA VIRUSES
8. ANTI-VIRAL MEDICATIONS

PART4. PARASITES

1. PROTOZOANS
2. HELMINTHS

PART 5. VERY STRANGE CRITTERS

1. PRIONS

PART 6. THE END

1. ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE: ONE STEP TOWARD THE POST-ANTIBIOTIC ERA?
2. THE AGENTS OF BIOTERRORISM
3. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
4. SARS-2 COV-2 INFECTION AND COVID-19 DISEASE

BIOTERRORISM DEFENSE UPDATES:

http://www.medmaster.net/BioterrorismDefense.html

ATLAS OF MICROBIOLOGY

http://www.medmaster.net (free download)

INDEX