DescriptionLEARN MICROBIOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF REAL-LIFE PATIENTS AND PREPARE FOR THE USMLE STEP 1A Doody’s Core Title for 2015!Experience with clinical cases is key to excelling on the USMLE Step 1 and shelf exams, and ultimately to providing patients with competent clinical care. Case Files: Microbiology provides 54 true-to-life cases that illustrate essential concepts in this field. Each case includes an easy-to understand discussion correlated to essential basic science concepts, definitions of key terms, microbiology pearls, and USMLE-style review questions. With Case Files, you’ll learn instead of memorize.Key FeaturesLearn from 54 high-yield cases, each with board-style questions and key-point pearlsMaster complex concepts through clear and concise discussionsPractice with review questions to reinforce learningPolish your approach to clinical problem-solvingPerfect for medical and dental students preparing for course exams and the BoardsTable of ContentsSection I: Applying the Basic Sciences to Clinical MedicinePart 1. Approach to Learning MicrobiologyPart 2. Approach to DiseasePart 3. Approach to ReadingSection II: Antimicrobial TherapyPart 1. Antibacterial AgenstPart 2. Antiviral AgentsPart 3. Antifungal AgentsPart 4. Antiparasitic AgentsSection III: Clinical CasesBacillus anthracisBacteroides fragilisBorrelia burgdorferiCampylobacter jejuniChlamydia tractomatisClostridiaCorynebacterium diphtheriaeEnterococcus faecalisEscherichia coliHelicobacter pyloriHaemophilus influenzaeKlebsiella pneumoniaeListeria monocytogenesMycobacteriumMycoplasmaNeisseriaProteus mirabilisPsudomonas aeruginosaSalmonella and shigellaStreptococcusStaphylococciTreponema pallidumVibrio choleraeAdenovirusCytomegalovirusEpstein-barr virusHepatitis virusesHerpes simplex virusesHIVHuman papillomavirusMolluscum contagiosumMumpsParvovirusPoliovirusRotavirusRespiratory syncytial virusSmallpoxVaricella zoster virusAspergillusBlastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, and histoplasmosisCandidaCryptococcus neoformansPneumocystis jiroveciiSporothrix schenckiiAscariasisCryptosporidiosisEnterobiasis or pinwrom infectionMalariaSchistosomiaisTrichomoniasisWest nile virusRickettsia rickettsiiBrucella melitensisGiardiaSection IV: Listing of CasesListing by Case NumberListing by Disorder (Alphabetical)IndexAuthors BiographyEugene C. Toy (Houston, TX) is a duel-certified family physician and obstetrician-gynecologist. He is academic director at Methodist Hospital in Houston.James D. Kettering, PhD is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at Loma Linda University Schools of Medicine. He also holds an Emeritus Professor position at the School of Dentistry, Dental Educatin Services.Dr. Audrey Wanger is Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas–Houston Medical School.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.