A brief, clear, thorough, and highly enjoyable approach to clinical microbiology, brimming with mnemonics, humor, summary charts and illustrations, from AIDS to "flesh-eating bacteria" to ebola, mad cow disease, hantavirus, anthrax, smallpox, botulism, etc. Excellent Board review.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Great overview and a little silly:
This book for awesome for those and without a micro background. I'm currently a 2nd year medical student who worked in a microbiology lab and took microbiology in undergrad. This book was very useful for pointing out clinically relevant information. I really liked how it also had information about how to treat all the microbes. But don't use this as your only source for microbiology in med school, if that's what you're buying this for. I found some mistakes and small details are lacking. That said this was... more info
Its almost like you're not studying micro:
As a current second year medical student, I find it very difficult to keep up with all the seemingly random endotoxins, exotoxins, cell wall components, diseases etc. associated with all the microbes that we as medical students are expected to know. However, this book does a excellent job of breaking down all of these components for all clinically relevant microbes into very simple explanations. Chapters are filled with funny pictures that help to incorporate many little details into an image that will not... more info
Its in the title!:
This book does an amazing job of putting a face to all the bugs. I didnt get a ton of micro in my first year of medical school, but this book brought me up to speed quickly during my second year. I will definitely rely on the concise summaries in this book when studying for the USMLE boards!
Great micro book for medical students:
Covers all of the "bugs" thoroughly with a clinical focus. At the end of each chapter there are review tables w/ info on the bug, how it presents clinically, and how you treat it. Has lots of pneumonics and different ways to remember the info. The book is in black and white except the cover.
