Case Files Microbiology, Second Edition

by Toy, Eugene; DeBord, Cynthia R. Skinner; Wanger, Audrey; Castro, Gilbert; Briscoe, Donald; Kettering, James

• ISBN13: 9780071492584
• ISBN10: 0071492585
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-11
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical

Summary

You need exposure to clinical cases to pass course exams and ace the USMLE Step 1. Case Files: Microbiology presents 50 real-life clinical cases illustrating essential concepts in microbiology. Each case includes an easy-to-understand discussion correlated to key basic science concepts, definitions of key terms, microbiology pearls, and USMLE-style review questions. With this interactive system you'll learn instead of memorize. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Eugene C. Toy, MD is a dual certified family physician and ob/gyn and is Academic Chief and Program Director for the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. He also oversees the ob/gyn clerkship at Christus-St. Joseph Hospital and is actively involved in teaching medical students.

Cynthia R. Skinner DeBord, PhD is Adjunct Faculty, Biology at Tomball College in Tomball, TX. She was formerly the microbiology course director at UT—Houston School of Medicine.

Audrey Wanger, PhD is Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at The University of Texas—Houston Medical School in Houston, TX.

Gilbert A. Castro, PhD is Vice President for Health Affairs and Vice President for Academic Affairs at The University of Texas at El Paso in El Paso, TX.

Donald Briscoe, MD is the Program Director, Family Practice Residency at The Methodist Hospital—Houston in Houston, TX.

James D. Kettering, PhD is Emeritus Professor of Microbiology at Loma Linda University Schools of Medicine and Dentistry in Loma Linda, CA.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Applying the Basic Sciences to Clinical Medicine	p. 1
Approach to learning Microbiology	p. 3
Approach to Disease	p. 6
Approach to Reading	p. 6
Antimicrobial Therapy	p. 11
Antibacterial Agents	p. 13
Antiviral Agents	p. 16
Antifungal Agents	p. 19
Antiparasitic Agents	p. 21
Clinical Cases	p. 25
Fifty Case Scenarios	p. 27
Listing of Cases	p. 359
Listing by Case Number	p. 361
Listing by Disorder (Alphabetical)	p. 362
Index	p. 365
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