Mark Gladwin, M.D. and Bill Trattler, M.D.: Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple (2007)

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. 393 pgs., 288 illus. Fourth edition.; $32.95.
ISBN10# 094078081X
ISBN13# 9780940780811

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Note: The 16th printing of the 4th Edition contains an erroneous Index.The correct Index can be downloaded here.

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

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