Microbiology & Immunology Case Reports
- 1st Edition - April 22, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Raj Dasgupta, Ken S. Rosenthal, Emily Blodget, Michele Koolaee, Susan Butler-Wu, Wendy Gould, Minto Porter, Raj Dasgupta
- Language: English
Microbiology and Immunology Case Reports: Beyond the Pearls is a case-based reference that covers the key material essential for USMLE and exam preparation. Focusing on the practi… Read more
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Description
Microbiology and Immunology Case Reports: Beyond the Pearls is a case-based reference that covers the key material essential for USMLE and exam preparation. Focusing on the practical information you need to know, it teaches how to analyze a clinical vignette, sharpening your clinical decision-making skills and helping you formulate an evidence-based approach to realistic patient scenarios.
Key features
Key features
- Covers core, high-yield content on microbiology and immunology in a practical, concise, easy-to-read manner
- Features case scenarios, clinical pearls, tables, imaging, microscopic and gross illustrations, as well as Beyond the Pearls tips and secrets (all evidence-based with references) that provide deep coverage of core material
- Teaches how to learn with a patient-focused, clinical approach
- Includes questions throughout the case that put you in the physician’s place and demonstrate the decision making that is needed both in the hospital and on exams
- Cases have been carefully chosen and cover scenarios and questions frequently encountered on the USMLE, shelf exams, and clinical practice, integrating both basic science and clinical pearls
- Written and edited by experienced teachers and clinicians; each case has been reviewed by board certified attending/practicing physicians and basic scientists
- Case Reports: Beyond the Pearls titles are ideal for all medical students, especially those in case-based, problem-based, or integrated courses, and during clinical rotations
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text and figures, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Readership
Readership
Medical students (M1/M2; preparing for USMLE Step 1)
Table of contents
Table of contents
Introduction—Microbiology
Introduction—Immunology
SECTION 1 Microbiology
PART A Bacteria
1. A 28-Year-Old Female With Fever and Abdominal Pain
2. A 25-Year-Old With Fever and Abdominal Pain After Returning From Travel
3. A 48-Year-Old Female With Abdominal Cramping and Painful Diarrhea
4. A 72-Year-Old Female With Diarrhea and Severe Abdominal Pain
5. A 49-Year-Old Woman With Sore Throat and Fever
6. A 68-Year-Old Male With Fever, Cough, and Worsening Dyspnea
7. A 35-Year-Old Male Presents With a Seizure
8. A 21-Year-Old Male With Pharyngitis
9. A 70-Year-Old-Female With Fevers and Chills
10. A 56-Year-Old Male With Fever, Headache, and Rash
11. A 62-Year-Old Female With Flank Pain and Fevers
12. A 54-Year-Old Homeless Male With Fevers, Chills, and Shortness of Breath
13. A 43-Year-Old Female Presents to the Urgent Care With a 3-Day History of Sore Throat and Pain When Swallowing
14. An 83-Year-Old Female With Generalized Weakness, Fever, and Altered Mentation
15. A 42-Year-Old Male With Low Back Pain
16. A 20-Year-Old Male With Penile Discharge
17. A 57-Year-Old With History of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Presenting With 2 Weeks of Fever, Cough, and Dyspnea
18. A 23-Year-Old Female With Hemoptysis
19. A 66-Year-Old Female With 2 Years of Productive Cough, Dyspnea, and Malaise
PART B Virus
20. An 11-Month-Old Girl With Fever and a Rash
21. A 33-Year-Old Woman With Vomiting and Diarrhea After a Cruise
22. A 39-Year-Old-Male With Right Upper Quadrant Pain and Hematochezia
23. A 48-Year-Old Male With Nonproductive Cough, Dyspnea, and Loss of Smell
24. A 30-Year-Old Female With Malaise, Cough, and Myalgias
25. A 42-Year-Old Female With Odynophagia
26. A 16-Year-Old Female With Sore Throat
27. A 34-Year-Old Female With Diarrhea
28. A 48-Year-Old Male With Sudden Onset of Fever, Headache, and Confusion
29. A 38-Year-Old HIV Patient With Various Nonspecific Symptoms
PART C Fungus
30. A 57-Year-Old Female With Cough and Weight Loss
31. A 55-Year-Old Woman With Rheumatoid Arthritis on Immunosuppressants Presents With Cough, Dyspnea, and Pleuritic Chest Pain
32. A 21-Year-Old Male With Hemoptysis
33. A 73-Year-Old-Male With a Painful Knee
PART D Parasite
34. A 45-Year-Old Male With Prolonged Diarrhea
35. A 70-Year-Old Female With Abdominal Pain
36. A 40-Year-Old Immunocompromised Male With Ring-Enhancing Brain Lesions
37. A 35-Year-Old Male Returning From Travel With Fever and Headache
38. A 45-Year-Old Male With Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy
SECTION 2 Immunology
39. A 6-Year-Old Boy With Fever, Cough, and Shortness of Breath
40. A 20-Month-Old Girl With Recurrent Infections
41. A 25-Year-Old Female With a Diffuse, Itchy Rash, Fatigue, and Joint Pain
42. A 7-Month-Old Boy Presents With Chronic Diarrhea and Failure to Thrive
43. A 24-Year-Old Female Presents With Chronic Rhinitis, Sinus Congestion, and Recurrent Sinusitis
44. A 50-Year-Old Male Establishing Care
45. Four-Day-Old Boy Presents With Lethargy, Poor Feeding, and Craniofacial Abnormalities
46. A 4-Month-Old Boy With Bloody Diarrhea and Eczema
47. A 33-Year-Old Pregnant Female With Fever, Malaise, and Myalgia
48. A 66-Year-Old Man Is Found by Paramedics With Hives, Hypotension, and Loss of Consciousness
49. A 6-Year-Old Girl With Wheezing, Lip Swelling, and Vomiting
50. A 29-Year-Old Male With Hemoptysis
51. A 12-Year-Old Boy With Fever, Arthralgia, and Rash
52. A 14-Year-Old Boy With Weeping, Pruritic Lesions on Lower Extremities
53. A 7-Year-Old Boy With Arthralgias, Abdominal Pain, and Palpable Purpura
54. A 67-Year-Old Male With Malaise and Fever After a Kidney Transplant
55. A 4-Month-Old Infant With a History of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Who Underwent Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant and Presents With Pruritic Morbilliform Rash and Diarrhea
56. A 4-Year-Old Boy Presents With Persistent Rash and Chronic Pruritis
57. A 4-Year-Old Boy With Burning Sensation in the Chest and Abdominal Pain
58. A 42-Year-Old Female Presents to the Emergency Department With Generalized Pruritus
Introduction—Immunology
SECTION 1 Microbiology
PART A Bacteria
1. A 28-Year-Old Female With Fever and Abdominal Pain
2. A 25-Year-Old With Fever and Abdominal Pain After Returning From Travel
3. A 48-Year-Old Female With Abdominal Cramping and Painful Diarrhea
4. A 72-Year-Old Female With Diarrhea and Severe Abdominal Pain
5. A 49-Year-Old Woman With Sore Throat and Fever
6. A 68-Year-Old Male With Fever, Cough, and Worsening Dyspnea
7. A 35-Year-Old Male Presents With a Seizure
8. A 21-Year-Old Male With Pharyngitis
9. A 70-Year-Old-Female With Fevers and Chills
10. A 56-Year-Old Male With Fever, Headache, and Rash
11. A 62-Year-Old Female With Flank Pain and Fevers
12. A 54-Year-Old Homeless Male With Fevers, Chills, and Shortness of Breath
13. A 43-Year-Old Female Presents to the Urgent Care With a 3-Day History of Sore Throat and Pain When Swallowing
14. An 83-Year-Old Female With Generalized Weakness, Fever, and Altered Mentation
15. A 42-Year-Old Male With Low Back Pain
16. A 20-Year-Old Male With Penile Discharge
17. A 57-Year-Old With History of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Presenting With 2 Weeks of Fever, Cough, and Dyspnea
18. A 23-Year-Old Female With Hemoptysis
19. A 66-Year-Old Female With 2 Years of Productive Cough, Dyspnea, and Malaise
PART B Virus
20. An 11-Month-Old Girl With Fever and a Rash
21. A 33-Year-Old Woman With Vomiting and Diarrhea After a Cruise
22. A 39-Year-Old-Male With Right Upper Quadrant Pain and Hematochezia
23. A 48-Year-Old Male With Nonproductive Cough, Dyspnea, and Loss of Smell
24. A 30-Year-Old Female With Malaise, Cough, and Myalgias
25. A 42-Year-Old Female With Odynophagia
26. A 16-Year-Old Female With Sore Throat
27. A 34-Year-Old Female With Diarrhea
28. A 48-Year-Old Male With Sudden Onset of Fever, Headache, and Confusion
29. A 38-Year-Old HIV Patient With Various Nonspecific Symptoms
PART C Fungus
30. A 57-Year-Old Female With Cough and Weight Loss
31. A 55-Year-Old Woman With Rheumatoid Arthritis on Immunosuppressants Presents With Cough, Dyspnea, and Pleuritic Chest Pain
32. A 21-Year-Old Male With Hemoptysis
33. A 73-Year-Old-Male With a Painful Knee
PART D Parasite
34. A 45-Year-Old Male With Prolonged Diarrhea
35. A 70-Year-Old Female With Abdominal Pain
36. A 40-Year-Old Immunocompromised Male With Ring-Enhancing Brain Lesions
37. A 35-Year-Old Male Returning From Travel With Fever and Headache
38. A 45-Year-Old Male With Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy
SECTION 2 Immunology
39. A 6-Year-Old Boy With Fever, Cough, and Shortness of Breath
40. A 20-Month-Old Girl With Recurrent Infections
41. A 25-Year-Old Female With a Diffuse, Itchy Rash, Fatigue, and Joint Pain
42. A 7-Month-Old Boy Presents With Chronic Diarrhea and Failure to Thrive
43. A 24-Year-Old Female Presents With Chronic Rhinitis, Sinus Congestion, and Recurrent Sinusitis
44. A 50-Year-Old Male Establishing Care
45. Four-Day-Old Boy Presents With Lethargy, Poor Feeding, and Craniofacial Abnormalities
46. A 4-Month-Old Boy With Bloody Diarrhea and Eczema
47. A 33-Year-Old Pregnant Female With Fever, Malaise, and Myalgia
48. A 66-Year-Old Man Is Found by Paramedics With Hives, Hypotension, and Loss of Consciousness
49. A 6-Year-Old Girl With Wheezing, Lip Swelling, and Vomiting
50. A 29-Year-Old Male With Hemoptysis
51. A 12-Year-Old Boy With Fever, Arthralgia, and Rash
52. A 14-Year-Old Boy With Weeping, Pruritic Lesions on Lower Extremities
53. A 7-Year-Old Boy With Arthralgias, Abdominal Pain, and Palpable Purpura
54. A 67-Year-Old Male With Malaise and Fever After a Kidney Transplant
55. A 4-Month-Old Infant With a History of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Who Underwent Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant and Presents With Pruritic Morbilliform Rash and Diarrhea
56. A 4-Year-Old Boy Presents With Persistent Rash and Chronic Pruritis
57. A 4-Year-Old Boy With Burning Sensation in the Chest and Abdominal Pain
58. A 42-Year-Old Female Presents to the Emergency Department With Generalized Pruritus
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: June 24, 2026
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Raj Dasgupta
Raj Dasgupta is Raj Dasgupta is associate professor of clinical medicine, division of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine and is the associate program director of Internal Medicine residency program. He actively teaches USMLE Step 1, 2, 3, and Internal Medicine Board Review around the world for the past 15 years through Kaplan and other organizations and institutions. He has appeared on various media outlets and television shows such as The Doctors, KTLA and Larry King Now.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of California, Riverside School of Medicine; Associate Program Director of Internal Medicine Residency, Huntington Health, Pasadena, California, USAKR
Ken S. Rosenthal
Ken S. Rosenthal is Professor of Immunology at Augusta University, University of Georgia Medical Partnership, Athens, Georgia; Adjunct Professor Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine; Emeritus Professor Northeastern Ohio Medical University Rootstown, Ohio, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Adjunct Professor Infectious Diseases University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine; Professor of Immunology Augusta University, University of Georgia Medical Partnership Athens, Georgia; Emeritus Professor Northeastern Ohio Medical University Rootstown, OhioEB
Emily Blodget
Emily Blodget is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator) at ACGME Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Director, Co-Interim Chief for the Division of Infectious Diseases, School, Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator), ACGME Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Director, Co-Interim Chief for the Division of Infectious Diseases, School, Keck School of Medicine of USC, USAMK
Michele Koolaee
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CaliforniaSB
Susan Butler-Wu
Susan Butler-Wu is Director of Clinical Microbiology at LAC+USC Medical Center; Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology; Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Director of Clinical Microbiology, LAC+USC Medical Center; Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology; Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USAWG
Wendy Gould
Affiliations and expertise
Attending Physician, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Allergy and Immunology, Sussman Allergy, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMP
Minto Porter
Minto Porter, Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, Essentia Health, Brainerd.
Affiliations and expertise
Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, Essentia Health, Brainerd, USARD
Raj Dasgupta
Raj Dasgupta is Raj Dasgupta is associate professor of clinical medicine, division of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine and is the associate program director of Internal Medicine residency program. He actively teaches USMLE Step 1, 2, 3, and Internal Medicine Board Review around the world for the past 15 years through Kaplan and other organizations and institutions. He has appeared on various media outlets and television shows such as The Doctors, KTLA and Larry King Now.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of California, Riverside School of Medicine; Associate Program Director of Internal Medicine Residency, Huntington Health, Pasadena, California, USA