Synopses & Reviews
More than 50 clinical cases help you excel in your 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 you to learn in the context of real patients instead of simply memorizing. Case Files: Microbiology: Second 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. The authors are experienced teachers from the University of Texas-Houston Medical School in Houston, Texas and Loma Linda University School of Medicine in Loma Linda, California.
Synopsis
More than 50 high-yield microbiology cases, each with USMLE-format review questions and "pearls," help medical students excel in the microbiology course and improve their course-exam and USMLE Step 1 scores.
Table of Contents
Introduction
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 Agents
Part 2: Antiviral Agents
Part 3: Antifungal Agents
Part 4: Antiparasitic Agents
Section III: Clincal Cases
Fifty Case Scenarios
Section IV: Listing of Cases
Listing by Case Number
Listing by Disorder (Alphabetical)
Index