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Clinical microbiology made ridiculously simple /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gladwin, Mark
Other Authors: Trattler, Bill
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Miami : MedMaster, [2011]
Edition:Edition 5.
Subjects:
Diagnostic microbiology > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Microbiology.
Medical microbiology.
Fungi.
Viruses > classification.
Parasites.
Bacteria > classification.
Table of 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.