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LEARN MICROBIOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF REAL-LIFE PATIENTS AND PREPARE FOR THE USMLE STEP 1A Doody's Core Title for 2015!
Experience with clinical cases is key to excelling on the USMLE Step 1 and shelf exams, and ultimately to providing patients with competent clinical care. Case Files: Microbiology provides 54 true-to-life cases thatillustrate essential concepts in this field. Each case includes an easy-tounderstand discussion correlated to essential basic science concepts, definitions of key terms, microbiology pearls, and USMLE-style reviewquestions. With Case Files, you'll learn instead of memorize.
Learn from 54 high-yield cases, each with board-style questions and key-point pearls
Master complex concepts through clear and concise discussions
Practice with review questions to reinforce learning
Polish your approach to clinical problem-solving
Perfect for medical and dental students preparing for course exams and the Boards
Contents
Section I: Applying the Basic Sciences to Clinical Medicine
Part 1. Approach to Learning Microbiology
Part 2. Approach to Disease
Part 3. Approach to ReadingSection II: Antimicrobial Therapy
Part 1. Antibacterial Agenst
Part 2. Antiviral Agents
Part 3. Antifungal Agents
Part 4. Antiparasitic Agents
Section III: Clinical Cases
1. Bacillus anthracis
2. Bacteroides fragilis
3. Borrelia burgdorferi
4. Campylobacter jejuni
5. Chlamydia tractomatis
6. Clostridia
7. Corynebacterium diphtheriae
8. Enterococcus faecalis
9. Escherichia coli
10. Helicobacter pylori
11. Haemophilus influenzae
12. Klebsiella pneumoniae
13. Listeria monocytogenes
14. Mycobacterium
15. Mycoplasma
16. Neisseria
17. Proteus mirabilis
18. Psudomonas aeruginosa
19. Salmonella and shigella
20. Streptococcus
21. Staphylococci
22. Treponema pallidum
23. Vibrio cholerae
24. Adenovirus
25. Cytomegalovirus
26. Epstein-barr virus
27. Hepatitis viruses
28. Herpes simplex viruses
29. HIV
30. Human papillomavirus
31. Molluscum contagiosum
32. Mumps
33. Parvovirus
34. Poliovirus
35. Rotavirus
36. Respiratory syncytial virus
37. Smallpox
38. Varicella zoster virus
39. Aspergillus
40. Blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, and histoplasmosis
41. Candida
42. Cryptococcus neoformans
43. Pneumocystis jirovecii
44. Sporothrix schenckii
45. Ascariasis
46. Cryptosporidiosis
47. Enterobiasis or pinwrom infection
48. Malaria
49. Schistosomiais
50. Trichomoniasis
51. West nile virus
52. Rickettsia rickettsii
53. Brucella melitensis
54. Giardia
Section IV: Listing of Cases
Listing by Case Number
Listing by Disorder (Alphabetical)
Index
