Underground Clinical Vignettes: Microbiology, Volume I: Classic Clinical Cases for USMLE Step 1 Review (Underground Clinical Vignettes : Usmle Step 1)

Blackwell’s Underground Clinical Vignettes: Microbiology, Volume I, third edition is your primary source for clinically relevant, case-based material essential for Step 1 review. Each Clinical Vignette presents approximately 100 cases with over 1000 classic buzzwords in Hx, PE, lab, imaging, pathology and treatment. The revised editions contain: · High-yield updates to nearly every case · Links to Basic Science and Clinical Science Color Atlas · New Cases on commonly tested USMLE topics Cardiology -- Acute Bacterial Endocarditis -- Myocarditis, Viral -- Pericarditis, Acute -- Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis -- Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis -- Dermatology -- Cellulitis -- Erysipelas -- Erysipeloid -- Erythema Infectiosum -- Impetigo -- Molluscum Contagiosum -- Pityriasis Versicolor -- Roseola Infantum -- Scalded Skin Syndrome -- Tinea Corporis (ringworm) -- Urticaria -- Ent/ophthalmology -- Acute Conjunctivitis -- Acute Sinusitis -- Allergic Rhinitis (hay Fever) -- Common Cold (viral Respiratory Infection) -- Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus -- Hsv Keratitis -- Otitis Externa -- Otitis Media -- Pharyngitis, Adenovirus -- Pharyngitis, Streptococcal -- Gastroenterology -- Fitz-hugh-curtis Syndrome -- Gastroenteritis, Staphylococcus Aureus -- Hepatitis A -- Hepatitis B, Acute -- Hepatitis C, Chronic Active -- Hookworm -- Necrotizing Enterocolitis -- Neutropenic Enterocolitis -- Peptic Ulcer Disease (h. Pylori) -- Pinworm Infection -- Rotavirus Diarrhea In Infants -- Salmonella Food Poisoning -- Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis -- Traveler's Diarrhea -- Vibrio Parahaemolyticus Food Poisoning -- Vibrio Vulnificus Food Poisoning -- Whipple's Disease -- Yersinia Enterocolitis -- Genetics -- Ch, Diak-higashi Syndrome -- Hematology/oncology -- Anemia, Aplastic Crisis (parvovirus B19) -- Anemia, Diphyllobothrium Latum -- Graft-versus-host Disease -- Hemolytic-uremic Syndrome (hus) -- Infectious Disease -- Actinomycosis -- Acute Bronchiolitis -- Acute Rheumatic Fever -- African Trypanosomiasis -- Aids-related Complex (arc) -- Amebic Colitis -- Amebic Liver Abscess -- Amebic Meningoencephalitis -- Anthrax -- Aspergillosis -- Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary -- Aspiration Pneumonia With Lung Abscess -- Atypica. Vikas Bhushan ... [et Al.]. Rev. Ed. Of: Microbiology / Vikas Bhushan ... [et Al.]. 2nd Ed. C1999. ID/CC A 25-year-old IV drug abuser presents with a high fever with chills, malaise, a productive cough, hemoptysis, and right-sided pleuritic chest pain.