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Puswhisperer: A Year in the Life of an Infectious Disease Doctor by [Mark Crislip]

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H1N1. Staph aureus. Traveler’s diarrhea. All examples of human interaction with the microbial world, which counts viruses, bacteria, and parasites too numerous to mention. Infectious Disease doctor Mark Crislip has a strange relationship with this world—he spends most of his time trying to kill it, even as he appreciates the vital role microorganisms play in the Earth’s ecosystems.

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.

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Mark Crislip has been practicing Infectious Diseases in Portland, Oregon since 1990. He writes for Medscape, with a popular blog entitled Rubor, Dolor, Calor, Tumor. He is an editor and writer for the Science-Based Medicine blog averaging over a million page views a month. He edited a 12 volume e-book collection of the SBM blog entries, available on Amazon, Nook and iTunes. He produces three highly rated medical podcasts, the Puscast, Gobbet o' Pus and the Quackcast which won the People's Choice Podcast Award for best Health and Fitness podcast three years in a row. He produces the The ID Compendium, a popular Infectious Disease iPhone/Android reference application. He is also the President of the Society for Science-Based Medicine. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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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
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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 300 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1938463625

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ungodwyn

Very funny, chock full of ID wisdom and anecdotes.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 25, 2020

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Freaking hilarious . If you like snark with your infectious disease anecdotes, this is the book for you. It's even funnier than the author's puscast podcast. Also, I am very impressed that all the hyperlinks to the " Lit-er-at-ure" still work. (So you can read his medical journal citations as you read the ebook). Well worth the money.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 24, 2017

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I discovered this excellent book through Dr. Crislip's Quackcast podcast, and the ability to read the book with his delightfully snarky voice in my head was a definite plus. The book, and it's sequel, are well worth the price for anyone interested in infections and their human hosts. That being said, I have two nits to pick (heh) with the book. One is the bad copy-editing. I marked probably a dozen places where there were typos, homonyms, or just plain missing spaces between words. The second is that the insertion of political comments were unnecessary but I do understand this is opinion, not just a book of science.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 1, 2020

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Love everything by Mark Crislip. I force my residents to listen to ‘story time’ where I read them excerpts from the book. It’s entertaining and educational. I bought a copy as a going away present for a resident as well. Great book!

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Yuli Talyansky

A gobbet of clinical wisdom

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 27, 2015

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Having recently started listening to Dr. Crislip's excellent "Gobbet of Pus" podcasts, I can say that "Pus Whisperer" is more of the same - concise, humorous, and (most importantly) fascinating clinical pearls of wisdom. As a Microbiology major and pre-medical undergraduate, I find myself being drawn further and further into the field of infectious disease, and Pus Whisperer is definitely a contributing factor. Dr. Crislip conveys his knowledge of and love for the subject matter, all the while maintaining a dry wit that makes the material a joy to read and easier to remember. I heartily recommend this to anyone interested in medicine or the microbiological sciences, both layman and professional.

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Marcus Twain

5 stars for the content, 10 if you include the price

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 22, 2016

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How good can an ID book be for a critical care attending (who's not even an internist) to not be able to put it down? It's the rare gem, full of the author's own opinions and humorous personality. Don't think twice, buy it.

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Kathleen Durante

Hilarity cleverly disguised as continuing medical education.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 24, 2015

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Hilarity cleverly disguised as continuing medical education. This is a fascinating read about interesting infectious disease cases, full of surprises that induce incurable giggles.

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Scott P.

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 5, 2016

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Interesting book written with a dry wit