Medicine — Tier 3 Catalogs

Encyclopedic reference catalogs behind the Tier 1 surveys of the Medicine library — the enumerated inventory layer (drug classes, pathogens, specialties).

Catalogs in this folder

• drug-classes-catalog — ~300 agents across the therapeutic drug classes by body system (autonomic, cardiovascular, CNS, endocrine, respiratory/GI, anti-infective, antineoplastic/immune), each with mechanism, prototype agents, uses, and cautions — plus the INN naming-stem key. Companion to pharmacology-and-therapeutics.
• pathogens-catalog — ~175 clinically important human pathogens by type (Gram-positive/negative bacteria, mycobacteria/atypicals/spirochetes, DNA & RNA viruses, fungi, protozoa, helminths, prions), each with the disease(s), transmission, and notes. Companion to medical-microbiology-and-infectious-disease.
• medical-specialties-catalog — ~95 medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties by grouping, with scope, typical conditions/procedures, and training notes. Companion to internal-medicine-and-the-organ-systems and surgery-and-perioperative-medicine.

Adjacent

• Medicine library index (Tier 1 + Tier 2)
• antimicrobial-therapy-and-stewardship-deep — the Tier-2 deep dive behind the anti-infective entries
• mental-disorders-catalog — the DSM-5-TR disorder catalog (psychiatric companion)