Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple (Medmaster) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Mark Gladwin, Bill Trattler
Publisher: MedMaster Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  118 reviews
Sales Rank: 379
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 392
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 1
ISBN: 094078081X
Dewey Decimal Number: 616
EAN: 9780940780811
ASIN: 094078081X
Publication Date: February 1, 2007
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Product Description
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.
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 Not for me August 18, 2008
I've heard a lot of people talk about how good this book is so I decided to give it a try. I read the first 10 pages and wavered between finding parts of the book funny and annoying. By the end of it, the only thing I remembered was a rather bad joke and a picture of a bacterium wearing sunglasses. If that helps some people learn, then that's great. However, I failed to learn anything from the random jokes and poorly drawn pictures.
 A Good Mircro Review August 3, 2008
I purchased this book so that I could review for a micro class I took, it definitely does the job. It's not as in depth as a textbook, but I wanted a lighter review version and this delivers!
 This book has a sense of humor August 1, 2008
This is a great text book for micro, the way it is written is
very unique and helps you remember everything, great sense of humor put in to it, which also as a memory factor, I laugh a lot reading about bacteria or viruses, which i could never think is possible while you are studying micro, Bottom line is this is a great text book for micro
Great for Med Students June 21, 2008
This book is great for understanding bugs from a clinical perspective. It is concise enough to read easily, and thorough enough for the boards. I don't personally utilize mnemonics, but if you are someone who does, you'll find this book loaded with them, as well pictures and other memory devices.
I use Microcards to complement this text, and find that they work really well together.
Helpful - nothing more June 6, 2008
This is a helpful book. I would not agree with the ridiculously positive view many of the reviewers have taken. It's very short, covers only the most important bugs, and does so in a very simplistic fashion. That is all for better or worse (if you are a typical med student with more on your plate than most people can imagine, I'd say better).
At the end of the day micro is just a lot of memorization. When you are trying to learn 10 things about 15 bugs for the next test this book may not be the most helpful. Other books like Levinson's have better comparison charts (really the key to learning medical micro in my mind) and more complete text. The charts and text of a book like Levinson's make it a better reference.
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