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ISBN: 9780443117572
Copyright: 2027
Page Count: 496
Imprint: Elsevier
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Microbiology & Immunology Case Reports, 1st Edition

by Ken S. Rosenthal, PhD, Emily Blodget, MD, Susan Butler-Wu, PhD, Wendy Gould, MD, Minto Porter, MD, Raj Dasgupta, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAASM and Michele Koolaee, MD

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Microbiology and Immunology Case Reports: Beyond the Pearls is a case-based reference that covers the key material essential for USMLE and exam preparation. Focusing on the practical information you need to know, it teaches how to analyze a clinical vignette, sharpening your clinical decision-making skills and helping you formulate an evidence-based approach to realistic patient scenarios.
    • Covers core, high-yield content on microbiology and immunology in a practical, concise, easy-to-read manner
    • Features case scenarios, clinical pearls, tables, imaging, microscopic and gross illustrations, as well as Beyond the Pearls tips and secrets (all evidence-based with references) that provide deep coverage of core material
    • Teaches how to learn with a patient-focused, clinical approach
    • Includes questions throughout the case that put you in the physician’s place and demonstrate the decision making that is needed both in the hospital and on exams
    • Cases have been carefully chosen and cover scenarios and questions frequently encountered on the USMLE, shelf exams, and clinical practice, integrating both basic science and clinical pearls
    • Written and edited by experienced teachers and clinicians; each case has been reviewed by board certified attending/practicing physicians and basic scientists
    • Case Reports: Beyond the Pearls titles are ideal for all medical students, especially those in case-based, problem-based, or integrated courses, and during clinical rotations
    • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text and figures, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
  • Introduction—Microbiology
    Introduction—Immunology
    SECTION 1 Microbiology
    PART A Bacteria
    Chapter 1 A 28-Year-Old Female With Fever and Abdominal Pain
    Chapter 2 A 25-Year-Old With Fever and Abdominal Pain After Returning From Travel
    Chapter 3 A 48-Year-Old Female With Abdominal Cramping and Painful Diarrhea
    Chapter 4 A 72-Year-Old Female With Diarrhea and Severe Abdominal Pain
    Chapter 5 A 49-Year-Old Woman With Sore Throat and Fever
    Chapter 6 A 68-Year-Old Male With Fever, Cough, and Worsening Dyspnea
    Chapter 7 A 35-Year-Old Male Presents With a Seizure
    Chapter 8 A 21-Year-Old Male With Pharyngitis
    Chapter 9 A 70-Year-Old-Female With Fevers and Chills
    Chapter 10 A 56-Year-Old Male With Fever, Headache, and Rash
    Chapter 11 A 62-Year-Old Female With Flank Pain and Fevers
    Chapter 12 A 54-Year-Old Homeless Male With Fevers, Chills, and Shortness of Breath
    Chapter 13 A 43-Year-Old Female Presents to the Urgent Care With a 3-Day History of Sore Throat and Pain When Swallowing
    Chapter 14 An 83-Year-Old Female With Generalized Weakness, Fever, and Altered Mentation
    Chapter 15 A 42-Year-Old Male With Low Back Pain
    Chapter 16 A 20-Year-Old Male With Penile Discharge
    Chapter 17 A 57-Year-Old With History of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Presenting With 2 Weeks of Fever, Cough, and Dyspnea
    Chapter 18 A 23-Year-Old Female With Hemoptysis
    Chapter 19 A 66-Year-Old Female With 2 Years of Productive Cough, Dyspnea, and Malaise
    PART B Virus
    Chapter 20 An 11-Month-Old Girl With Fever and a Rash
    Chapter 21 A 33-Year-Old Woman With Vomiting and Diarrhea After a Cruise
    Chapter 22 A 39-Year-Old-Male With Right Upper Quadrant Pain and Hematochezia
    Chapter 23 A 48-Year-Old Male With Nonproductive Cough, Dyspnea, and Loss of Smell
    Chapter 24 A 30-Year-Old Female With Malaise, Cough, and Myalgias
    Chapter 25 A 42-Year-Old Female With Odynophagia
    Chapter 26 A 16-Year-Old Female With Sore Throat
    Chapter 27 A 34-Year-Old Female With Diarrhea
    Chapter 28 A 48-Year-Old Male With Sudden Onset of Fever, Headache, and Confusion
    Chapter 29 A 38-Year-Old HIV Patient With Various Nonspecific Symptoms
    PART C Fungus
    Chapter 30 A 57-Year-Old Female With Cough and Weight Loss
    Chapter 31 A 55-Year-Old Woman With Rheumatoid Arthritis on Immunosuppressants Presents With Cough, Dyspnea, and Pleuritic Chest Pain
    Chapter 32 A 21-Year-Old Male With Hemoptysis
    Chapter 33 A 73-Year-Old-Male With a Painful Knee
    PART D Parasite
    Chapter 34 A 45-Year-Old Male With Prolonged Diarrhea
    Chapter 35 A 70-Year-Old Female With Abdominal Pain
    Chapter 36 A 40-Year-Old Immunocompromised Male With Ring-Enhancing Brain Lesions
    Chapter 37 A 35-Year-Old Male Returning From Travel With Fever and Headache
    Chapter 38 A 45-Year-Old Male With Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy
    SECTION 2 Immunology
    Chapter 39 A 6-Year-Old Boy With Fever, Cough, and Shortness of Breath
    Chapter 40 A 20-Month-Old Girl With Recurrent Infections
    Chapter 41 A 25-Year-Old Female With a Diffuse, Itchy Rash, Fatigue, and Joint Pain
    Chapter 42 A 7-Month-Old Boy Presents With Chronic Diarrhea and Failure to Thrive
    Chapter 43 A 24-Year-Old Female Presents With Chronic Rhinitis, Sinus Congestion, and Recurrent Sinusitis
    Chapter 44 A 50-Year-Old Male Establishing Care
    Chapter 45 Four-Day-Old Boy Presents With Lethargy, Poor Feeding, and Craniofacial Abnormalities
    Chapter 46 A 4-Month-Old Boy With Bloody Diarrhea and Eczema
    Chapter 47 A 33-Year-Old Pregnant Female With Fever, Malaise, and Myalgia
    Chapter 48 A 66-Year-Old Man Is Found by Paramedics With Hives, Hypotension, and Loss of Consciousness
    Chapter 49 A 6-Year-Old Girl With Wheezing, Lip Swelling, and Vomiting
    Chapter 50 A 29-Year-Old Male With Hemoptysis
    Chapter 51 A 12-Year-Old Boy With Fever, Arthralgia, and Rash
    Chapter 52 A 14-Year-Old Boy With Weeping, Pruritic Lesions on Lower Extremities
    Chapter 53 A 7-Year-Old Boy With Arthralgias, Abdominal Pain, and Palpable Purpura
    Chapter 54 A 67-Year-Old Male With Malaise and Fever After a Kidney Transplant
    Chapter 55 A 4-Month-Old Infant With a History of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Who Underwent Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant and Presents With Pruritic Morbilliform Rash and Diarrhea
    Chapter 56 A 4-Year-Old Boy Presents With Persistent Rash and Chronic Pruritis
    Chapter 57 A 4-Year-Old Boy With Burning Sensation in the Chest and Abdominal Pain
    Chapter 58 A 42-Year-Old Female Presents to the Emergency Department With Generalized Pruritus

  • Ken S. Rosenthal, PhD, Adjunct Professor Infectious Diseases University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine; Professor of Immunology Augusta University, University of Georgia Medical Partnership Athens, Georgia; Emeritus Professor Northeastern Ohio Medical University Rootstown, Ohio, Emily Blodget, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator), ACGME Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Director, Co-Interim Chief for the Division of Infectious Diseases, School, Keck School of Medicine of USC, USA, Susan Butler-Wu, PhD, Director of Clinical Microbiology, LAC+USC Medical Center; Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology; Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Wendy Gould, MD, Attending Physician, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Allergy and Immunology, Sussman Allergy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Minto Porter, MD, Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, Essentia Health, Brainerd, USA, Raj Dasgupta, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAASM, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of California, Riverside School of Medicine; Associate Program Director of Internal Medicine Residency, Huntington Health, Pasadena, California, USA and Michele Koolaee, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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