ERRATUM - MICROBIOLOGY

Page 94 (2nd paragraph from end) of the first printing of Edition 5 of Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple, in connection with a discussion about Acinetobacter, incorrectly identifies Neisseria as gram-positive. Neisseria are gram-negative. The paragraph should read:

"These guys [Acinetobacter] can fool the lab technicians. At times they may appear gram-positive, and at other times they may even be misidentified as Neisseria species. This is because they can be coccobacillary (short rods) or coccal in appearance, and on solid media they often form diplococci similar to Neisseria."

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Page 292 (last sentence under Cervical Cancer, regarding HPV vaccine): Instead of reading "This would represent the first time a vaccine prevents cancer", it would be more accurate to state "This (and the hepatitis B vaccine, which can prevent hepatocellular carconoma) represents the first time a vaccine prevents cancer."

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Page 285 (First sentence under HHV 8) reads "HHV 8 is a herpesvirus that appears to cause Kaposi's sarcoma! (See 'Malignancy' subheading in Chapter 25 for further information." The reference should be to Chapter 26 rather than Chapter 25.

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Page 291 of Edition 5 (24th printing): the table at the bottom of the left column refers to smallpox as "centrifugal spread" and chickenpox as "centripetal spread." It should describe smallpox as "centripetal spread" and chickenpox as "centrifugal spread.".

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Page 100, Fig. 11-1 of Edition 5 states that Haemophilus ducreyi has no exotoxins. Actually, it has two: cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) and hemolysin.

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Page 155 of Edition 5, second line on left reads "See Fig. 14-10 for a broad overview of the most commonly observed NTM organisms." The reference should be to Fig. 15-11. Page 175, 3rd paragraph left column, refers to pg 175 for summary of tetracycline effects. It should be pg 178.