Rapid Review Microbiology and Immunology (Paperback)

by Ken S. Rosenthal PhD (Author), James S. Tan MD (Author)

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Book Description
Provides essential, need-to-know material for both course study and exam preparation

Product Description
Northeastern Ohio Univ., Rootstown. Exam review, in outline format, includes two 50-question tests with rationales at the end of the book, high-yield margin notes, and a CD-ROM containing current USMLE-type questions and rationales. Two-tone format. Softcover.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; Bk&CD-Rom edition (May 7, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323008402
• ISBN-13: 978-0323008402
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #945,323 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best microbiology review book, May 1, 2006

By	Michael - See all my reviews

This book is great. It covers everything you need to know for step 1, while leaving out all you dont' need to know. The questions are probably the best micro vignette questions out there, and helps reinforce what you learned from the book.
This book is much better than micro made ridiculously simple in terms of boards review. Its written in outline format so you can get through it much faster, and it includes an immunology section that has all you need to know for the immunology questions on the step.

The only thing I don't like is the Rapid Review format. At times the outline format should be written in complete sentences (like the high-yield series) to avoid confusing statments/facts. For me, this seemed especially true in the immunology section, which can be confusing if you have a weak immuno background.

Other than that, this is a great review book. The only review book for micro in my opinion.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of Microbiology and Immunology, April 21, 2006

By	Darrell Wu (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Perfect for medical microbio class. I used Micro Made easy for class, and after reading this book to review for the boards I would definately recommend it over Micro made easy. The organization is better, it's a shorter text, has an outline format, has excellent tables that while are not as detailed as the micro made easy book are a lot easier to read, and it has everything you need to know for class, which micro made easy does not.

Immuno section is a bit brief but it has all the essentials. I would also recommend reading Immunobiology by Janeway and Medical Microbiology by Murray. Both texts are outstanding and really help you appreciate the subjects.