Tag: Medical microbiology
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Teach Yourself Laboratory Medicine!
Laboratory medicine is one of the core competencies you must master if you want to become a superstar diagnostician within the span of one lifetime or less. Here is my proposed “curriculum” for mastery of laboratory medicine: Urinalysis and Body Fluids, 5e, by Susan King Strasinger – a great book. Clear, fluid and…
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Book Review: 2013 EMRA Antibiotic Guide by Brian J. Levine MD
My overall favorable impression of the 2013 EMRA Antibiotic Guide is similar to that of the 2011 edition, about which I wrote: For almost any infectious disease, the text advises you about which antibiotic to use, along with the appropriate dose, route, frequency and duration. In addition, the text provides you with various alternatives and contingency antibiotic…
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Teach Yourself Infectious Diseases!
“a well-developed knowledge of clinical microbiology is critical for the practicing physician in any medical field. Bacteria, viruses, and protozoans have no respect for the distinction between ophthalmology, pediatrics, trauma surgery, or geriatric medicine. Microbiology is one of the few courses where much of the ‘minutia’ is regularly used by the practicing physician.” Mark Gladwin…