Part 1: Approach to Basic Sciences and Microbiology
Part 2: 50 Cases
Bacteria
Case 1. Bacillus anthracis
Case 2. Bacteroides fragilis
Case 3. Borrelia burgdorferi
Case 4. Campylobacter jejuni
Case 5. Chlamydia trachomatis
Case 6. Clostridium botulinum
Case 7. Corynebacterium diptheriae
Case 8. Enterococcus faecalis
Case 9. Escherichia coli
Case 10. Helicobacter pylori
Case 11. Hemophilus ducreyi
Case 12. Klebsiella pneumoniae
Case 13. Listeria monocytogenes
Case 14. Mycobacterium avium intracellular
Case 15. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Case 16. Neisseria gonorrhea
Case 17. Proteus mirabilis
Case 18. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Case 19. Salmonella/Shigella
Case 20. Streptococcus agalactiae
Case 21. Staphylococcus aureus
Case 22. Treponema pallidum
Case 23. Vibrio cholera
Viruses
Case 24. Adenovirus/Rhinovirus
Case 25. Cytomegalovirus
Case 26. Epstein Barr virus
Case 27. Hepatitis A,B,C,D,E
Case 28. Herpes virus-1,2
Case 29. Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Case 30. Humanpapillovirus
Case 31. Molluscum contagiosum
Case 32. Mumps
Case 33. Parvovirus
Case 34. Polio virus
Case 35. Rotavirus
Case 36. Respiratory synctial virus
Case 37. Smallpox virus
Case 38. Varicella zoster
Fungi
Case 39. Aspergillus flavus
Case 40. Blastomycosis dermatitides
Case 41. Candida albicans
Case 42. Cryptococcus neoformans
Case 43. Pneumocystis carinii
Case 44. Sporothrix schenkii
Parasites
Case 45. Ascaris lumbricoides
Case 46. Cryptosporidium
Case 47. Enterobius vermicularis
Case 48. Plasmodium falciparum
Case 49. Schistosoma haematobium
Case 50. Trichomonas vaginalis
Part 3: Listing of Cases by Topic
Index
Key Features
*50 clinical scenarios with 1-3 open-ended questions weave basic
science concepts in the clinical scenario
*Case discussions are broken up into a) summary, b) discrete answer,
and c) short discussion
*3-5 Multiple Choice USMLE-style questions reinforce key concepts in
each case
*"Microbiology Pearls? at the end of each chapter highlight key
points and enable quick study before exams
