Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple 5/e

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. Extensive updates, including new chapter on hospital-acquired gram-
negative bacteria.

PART 1. BACTERIA

1. Bacterial Taxonomy
2. Cell Structures, Virulence Factors, and Toxins
3. Bacterial Genetics (Sex)



GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA
4. Streptococcus
5. Staphylococcus
6. Bacillus and Clostridium (Spore-Forming Rods)
7. Corynebacterium and Listeria (Non-Spore-Forming Rods)



GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA
8. Neisseria
9. The Enterics
10. Hospital-Acquired Gram Negatives
11. Haemophilus, Bordetella, and Legionella
12. Yersinia, Francisella, Brucella, and Pasteurella
13. Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and Friends
14. Spirochetes



ACID-FAST BACTERIA
15. Mycobacterium

BACTERIA WITHOUT CELL WALLS
16. Mycoplasma



ANTI-BACTERIAL MEDICATIONS
17. Penicillin Family Antibiotics
18. Anti-ribosomal Antibiotics
19. Anti-Tb and Anti-leprosy Antibiotics
20. Miscellaneous Antibiotics



PART 2. FUNGI
21. The Fungi
22. Anti-fungal Medications



PART 3. VIRUSES
23. Viral Replication and Taxonomy
24. Orthomyxo and Paramyxoviridae
25. Hepatitis Viridae
26. Retroviridae, HIV, and AIDS
27. Herpseviridae
28. Rest of the DNA Viruses
29. Rest of the RNA Viruses
30. Anti-viral Medications



PART 4. PARASITES
31. Protozoans
32. Helminths



PART 5. VERY STRANGE CRITTERS
33. Prions



PART 6. THE END
34. Antimicrobial Resistance: One Step Toward the Post-antibiotic Era