Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple: Color Edition

Helps me a lot with school

Wasted a ridiculous amount of time trying all the classic resources (Amboss, Boards and Beyond, Physeo, Osmosis, Bootcamp, Sketchy…) and this book stands out from the rest by a mile. It’s much more intuitively organized. I felt the combination of organism, antibiotic, virulence factor, mechanism, relevant immunology and disease all under each bacteria (instead of by section of the book) worked much better for me. All the factors that are separated in the other resources are together and directly associated with the organism. I feel like I already understand the mechanisms of the antibiotics before I have even reached that section of the book, because this covers them so well under each bacteria. It is an easy read and very approachable. I find this book to be at a reading level more appropriate for the average person, not for a lifelong academic. I can fly through chapters without feeling that mental burden drag me down. The illustrations are funny and lighthearted without being cheesy. There is no extra fluff. The book really focuses on high yield topics without burying it in a huge pile of extra detail. Book is a lifesaver. I would buy it again, but sooner if I could. This book and series is made to “just get to the point” and make it straightforward. This is a diamond in the rough

This is the book you need as a medical student reading microbiology. It contains all you need in an easy-to-digest manner. It is readable and enough for undergraduate level and for step 1 usmle.

This book helped me pass my ASCP exam, would recommend it to everyone taking the Micro test! Really helped narrowing down the information that I needed to know.

If you are taking these classes you already know there is a ton of material, especially for the micro parts. This book has a ton of pictures, tables, and such to help you remember the stuff. This helped me a lot during my MLS courses.

Easy to read and understand

Book is an alright comprehensive coverage of the basics in microbiology. Good for resource in medical school. HOWEVER, I highly DO NOT recommend the purchase of the physical copy of the book. Many other classmates also purchased this book and we all had the same problem. Within the first week and a half of use, the book's binding starts falling apart and pages start falling out, starting from the back. RECOMMENDATION: purchase or find an electronic version of this book, the hard-copy of the book will FALL APART on you; unless you have the money to buy another copy to use while you return your hardcopy that is falling apart during your micro section, likelihood is that your deadline to return/exchange the book will expire and you're left with a messy pile of paper you will be wasting money or time to fix.

I feel like a nerd because I actually enjoy reading this clinical microbiology book! Not only does this book offer valuable and updated information, but it’s also fun to read with all these hilarious tricks to help with my aging memory. I wish we had this book back in the days of med school.

Gostei bastante do livro, pois é bastante simplificado e cheio de associações que facilitam a memorização do conteúdo! Estou imensamente agradecido!

Easy to read and understand and covers just about everything one needs to know about the subject. Useful as a reference or to study for exams.

Best Book

COMPLEMETO de estudio después de haber revisado los temas en otro libro más completo. Este libro es solo un apoyo para memorizar y asociar de manera fácil su contenido. NO pueden apoyarse al 100% de el. Necesitan este libro y otro como fuentes. Su contenido: Es espectacular, conciso, fácil de aprender y recordar. No duden en comprarlo es un MUST HAVE

This is the best book to study microbiology I have seen so far. It makes understanding the learning matter super easy since e.g. the bacteria and their characteristics are illustrated with funny (memorizable) pictures and well written text. The difference between other books is that you can read one chapter and you'll have to lough out in between.. even though it's still about microbiology :) One might think that the quality of the given information might suffer but this is not the case! So if you are having trouble studying microbiology for e.g. your pre-clinics, this book is the right choice!