Monday, September 21, 2009

Learn microbiology through picture mnemonics





















A must have book, if you get confused between Streptococcus, Staphylococcus etc etc. There a few unbeatable cartoons which are picture mnemonics. Also has lots of Tables. 

See the examples from Staphylococcus chapter. The cartoons depict Staphylococcus as a warrior. Did you note the first picture? Well it depicts a staff (Staphylococcus) with a CAT in front of them - Represents that staphylococcus is CATalase positive. The other series of pictures depict it as a warrior with various virulence factors - Coagulase, protein A, hyaluronidase, Leukocidin, Hemolysin etc.


2 comments :

Anonymous said...

where is the connection to the book?

i can't find it's name or a link to the book.

10x

mr. rickettsiae

Dr. Shajil said...

Dear Mr. rickettsiae.... There is a link to buy the book from Amazon if you are interested. No actual links to this book. I have just given a sample of what's in the book.

Do you want to contribute a Mnemonic?

Please send your own mnemonics to shajilkpdn@gmail.com

Our committee will scrutinize your mnemonics and publish it, if it meets the standards. 

However, if there is an alternate mnemonic for our postings, you can use the comments link below the post.

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