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Puswhisperer: A Year in the Life of an Infectious Disease Doctor Kindle Edition
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Puswhisperer is a collection of infectious disease anecdotes created from a year’s worth of clinical blog posts from the Medscape blog Rubor, Dolor, Calor, Tumor. Originally intended for residents and fellows, the posts have been compiled, edited, and revised for a non-specialist audience. The tales cover a wide range of diagnostic dilemmas and treatment quandaries. Which infection smells like buttered popcorn? Are some antibiotics “stronger” than others? Is it OK to eat the oysters?
Along with clinical insight, the book provides a good dose of humor and insightful, microbe-centered philosophy. The author speculates on what the Earth might look like in five billion years, when animals and plants are gone, but bacteria remain. He also draws attention to the staggering rate of evolution in bacteria, made possible by short generation times and passing of genetic material from one bug to another. Finding a 60-year-old Staph strain in an old wound, Crislip tells us, is like looking out your window and seeing a Neanderthal shuffle by.
Recommended for anyone interested in infectious disease and the microorganisms that run our planet.
- Publication dateJanuary 14, 2015
- LanguageEnglish
- File size1305 KB
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- ASIN : B00SA3OMLC
- Publisher : Bitingduck Press (January 14, 2015)
- Publication date : January 14, 2015
- Language : English
- File size : 1305 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Not Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 300 pages
- Page numbers source ISBN : 1938463625
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,436,060 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #371 in Communicable Diseases (Kindle Store)
- #1,111 in Viral Diseases (Books)
- #1,401 in Communicable Diseases (Books)
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