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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. Excellent Board review.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART 1. BACTERIA

 

1. Bacterial Taxonomy

2. Cell Structures, Virulence Factors, and Toxins

3. Bacterial Genetics (Sex)

 

GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA

4. Streptococcus

5. Staphylococcus

6. Bacillus and Clostridium (Spore-Forming Rods)

7. Corynebacterium and Listeria (Non-Spore-Forming Rods)

 

GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA

8. Neisseria

9. The Enterics

10. Haemophilus, Bordetella, and Legionella

11. Yersinia, Francisella, Brucella, and Pasteurella

12. Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and Friends

13. Spirochetes

 

ACID-FAST BACTERIA

14. Mycobacterium

 

BACTERIA WITHOUT CELL WALLS

15. Mycoplasma

 

ANTI-BACTERIAL MEDICATIONS

16. Penicillin Family Antibiotics

17. Anti-ribosomal Antibiotics

18. Anti-Tb and Anti-leprosy Antibiotics

19. Miscellaneous Antibiotics

 

PART 2. FUNGI

20. The Fungi

21. Anti-fungal Medications

 

PART 3. VIRUSES

22. Viral Replication and Taxonomy

23. Orthomyxo and Paramyxoviridae

24. Hepatitis Viridae

25. Retroviridae, HIV, and AIDS

26. Herpseviridae

27. Rest of the DNA Viruses

28. Rest of the RNA Viruses

29. Anti-viral Medications

 

PART 4. PARASITES

30. Protozoans

31. Helminths

 

PART 5. VERY STRANGE CRITTERS

32. Prions

 

PART 6. THE END

33. Antimicrobial Resistance: One Step Toward the Post-antibiotic Era