Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple: Spiral Bound Color Edition

Sinopsis

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) on www.medmaster.net

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