Items related to Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple

9781935660453: Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1935660454 ISBN 13: 9781935660453
Publisher: Medmaster, 2021

Synopsis

COVID-19 EDITION!

EXCELLENT 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 di cile 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 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.

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Publisher
Medmaster
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1935660454
ISBN 13 
9781935660453
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
427