By Mark T. Gladwin M.D., William Trattler M.D., C. Scott Mahan M.D.

COVID-19 EDITION!

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.

Product Details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ MedMaster; 8th edition (September 15, 2021)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1935660454
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1935660453
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781935660453
• eText ISBN: 9781935660484