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Clinical microbiology made ridiculously simple / Mark Gladwin, Bill Trattler.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Miami, Fla. : MedMaster, 2011.Edition: Ed. 5Description: vii, 403 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781935660033 (pbk.) :
  • 9781935660033
  • 1935660039
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.9041 22
LOC classification:
  • QR46 .G5 2011
Contents:
Bacterial taxonomy -- Cell structures, virulence factors, and toxins -- Bacterial genetics -- Streptococcus -- Staphylococcus -- Bacillus and clostridium (spore-forming rods) -- Corynebacterium and listeria (non-spore forming rods) -- Neisseria -- The enterics -- Hospital-acquired gram negatives -- Haemophilus, bordetella, and legionella -- Yersinia, francisella, brucella, and pasteurella -- Chlamydia, rickettsia, and friends -- Spirochetes -- Mycobacterium -- Mycoplasma -- Penicillin family antibiotics -- Anti-ribosomal antibiotics -- Anti-TB and anti-leprosy antibiotics -- Miscellaneous antibiotics -- The fungi -- Anti-fungal medications -- Viral replication and taxonomy -- Orthomyxo and paramyxoviridae -- Hepatitis viridae -- Retroviridae, HIV, and AIDS -- Herpesviridae -- Rest of the DNA viruses -- Rest of the RNA viruses -- Anti-viral medications -- Protozoans -- Helminths -- Prions -- Antimicrobial resistance: one step toward the post-antibiotic era? -- The Agents of bioterrorism -- Bioterrorism defense updates -- Atlas of microbiology.
Summary: 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. New chapter on hospital-acquired infections. Excellent Board review.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bacterial taxonomy -- Cell structures, virulence factors, and toxins -- Bacterial genetics -- Streptococcus -- Staphylococcus -- Bacillus and clostridium (spore-forming rods) -- Corynebacterium and listeria (non-spore forming rods) -- Neisseria -- The enterics -- Hospital-acquired gram negatives -- Haemophilus, bordetella, and legionella -- Yersinia, francisella, brucella, and pasteurella -- Chlamydia, rickettsia, and friends -- Spirochetes -- Mycobacterium -- Mycoplasma -- Penicillin family antibiotics -- Anti-ribosomal antibiotics -- Anti-TB and anti-leprosy antibiotics -- Miscellaneous antibiotics -- The fungi -- Anti-fungal medications -- Viral replication and taxonomy -- Orthomyxo and paramyxoviridae -- Hepatitis viridae -- Retroviridae, HIV, and AIDS -- Herpesviridae -- Rest of the DNA viruses -- Rest of the RNA viruses -- Anti-viral medications -- Protozoans -- Helminths -- Prions -- Antimicrobial resistance: one step toward the post-antibiotic era? -- The Agents of bioterrorism -- Bioterrorism defense updates -- Atlas of microbiology.

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. New chapter on hospital-acquired infections. Excellent Board review.

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