Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple: Color Edition

Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple: Color Edition
ISBN-10
1935660608
ISBN-13
9781935660606
Category
Medical
Pages
449
Language
English
Published
2022-05-25
Publisher
MedMaster Inc.
Authors
Mark T. Gladwin, M.D., William Trattler

Description

NEW COLOR EDITION!!! 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) available at www.medmaster.net

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