More than 50 clinical cases help students excel in their microbiology coursework and on the USMLE Step 1 The Case Files series is an award-winning learning system proven to improve exam scores. This series helps medical students learn in the context of real patients instead of simply memorizing. Case Files: Microbiology: Third Edition presents 50+ clinical cases with open-ended questions which weave basic science concepts into the clinical scenario. Each case includes an extended discussion (including definitions and a pathophysiology discussion), key points, and 3-5 USMLE-style comprehension questions. Clinical pearls highlighting key concepts accompany each case Primer on how to approach clinical problems teaches students to think like doctors Proven learning system-based on Eugene Toy's award-winning research-improves shelf exam scores Written by experienced educators
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Section I: Applying the Basic Sciences to Clinical Medicine Part 1. Approach to Learning Microbiology Part 2. Approach to Disease Part 3. Approach to Reading Section 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
