Clinical microbiology made ridiculously simple / Mark Gladwin, M.D., Bill Trattler, M.D.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-262) and index.

pt. 1. Bacteria : Bacterial taxonomy ; Cell structures, virulence factors, and toxins ; Bacterial genetics
Gram-positive bacteria : Streptococcus ; Staphylococcus ; Bacillus and Clostridium (spore-forming rods) ; Corynebacterium and Listeria (non-spore-forming rods)
Gram-negative bacteria : Neisseria ; The enterics ; Hospital-acquired gram negatives ; Haemophilus, Bordetella, and Legionella ; Yersinia, Francisella, Brucella, and Pasteurella ; Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and friends ; Spirochetes
Acid-fast bacteria : Mycobacterium
Bacteria without cell walls : Mycoplasma
Anti-bacterial medications : Penicillin family antibiotics ; Anti-ribosomal antibiotics ; Anti-TB and anti-leprosy antibiotics ; Miscellaneous antibiotics
pt. 2. Fungi : The fungi ; Anti-fungal medications
pt. 3. Viruses : Viral replication and taxonomy ; Orthomyxo and Paramyxoviridae ; Hepatitis Veridae ; Retroveridae, HIV, and AIDS ; Herpesviridae (contributing author: John Beigel) ; Rest of the DNA viruses ; Rest of the RNA viruses (contributing authors: Amy Guillet Agrawal and John Beigel) ; Anti-viral medications
pt. 4. Parasites : Protozoans ; Helminths
pt. 5. Very strange critters : Prions (contributing author: Hans Henrik Larsen)
pt. 6. The end : Antimicrobial resistance: one step toward the post-antibiotic era? (contributing authors, Amesh A. Adalja, Luciano Borio, and Clarence Lam) ; The agents of bioterrorism (contributing authors: Luciana Borio and Clarence Lam) ; Emerging infectious diseases (contributing authors: Amesh A Adalji and C. Scott Mahan)
SARS-2 COV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease (contributing authors: Michael Donahoe, Scott Mahan, Mark T. Gladwin)
Bioterrorism defense updates : http://www.medmaster.net/BioterrorismDefense.html
Atlas of microbiology : http://www.medmaster.net (free download)
Index

"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 difficile 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 new chapter on the latest emerging infectious diseases and drug resistant bacteria"--Provided by publisher