Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple Color Edition 9th Edition by Mark T. Gladwin M.D. William Trattler M.D.

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.

*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.