Medical Microbiology

by Patrick R. Murray PhD, F(AAM), F(IDSA), Ken S. Rosenthal PhD, Michael A. Pfaller MD, F(CAP), F(AAM), F(IDSA)

Overview

**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Microbiology**

Comprehensive, clinically oriented, and practical, Medical Microbiology, Tenth Edition, remains the go-to text for foundational coverage of key interrelated concepts in medical microbiology, immunology, and infectious diseases. Clear and engaging coverage of the microbial world and its interface with our bodies and the environment provides the foundation to understand these roles in individual and public health and disease—helping you master the essentials of microbiology to effectively prepare you for coursework, exams, and your future career.

• Focuses on helping the scientist-, health professional- and clinician-in-training develop a current, complete, and deeper understanding of bacteriology, immunology, virology, mycology, and parasitology, and answer the question: What information do I need to know that will help me understand how to treat an infected patient?
• Contains a new section of eight chapters on Infectious Diseases by Organ System for optimized clinical context
• Includes clinical photographs and cases to correlate basic science with examples of clinical syndromes
• Provides quick reference for efficient study with excellent illustrations, chapter summaries, key information organized in convenient tables, and review questions
• Offers additional learning resources online, including over 200 self-assessment questions, microscopic images of the microbes, and more
• 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

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780443261336
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	05/01/2025
Edition description:	10th ed.
Pages:	1025
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Section 1. Introduction
1. Introduction to Medical Microbiology
2. Human Microbiome in Health and Disease
3. Infection Control and Preventio

Section 2. General Principles of Laboratory Diagnosis
4. Traditional Diagnostic Methods
5. Molecular and Proteomic Method

Section 3. Basic Concepts in the Immune Response
6. Elements of Host Protective Responses
8. Innate Host Responses
9. Antigen-Specific Immune Responses
10. Immune Responses to Infectious Agents

Section 4. Bacteriology
12. Bacterial Classification, Structure, and Replication
13. Bacterial Metabolism and Genetics
14. Pathogenesis of Bacterial Diseases
15. Role of Bacteria in Disease
16. Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases
17. Antibacterial Agents
18. Staphylococcus and Related Gram-Positive Cocci
19. Streptococcus and Enterococcus
20. Bacillus
21. Listeria and Related Gram-Positive Bacteria
22. Mycobacterium and Related Acid-Fast Bacteria
23. Neisseria and Related Genera
24. Haemophilus and Related Bacteria
25. Enterobacteriales
26. Vibrio and Related Bacteria
27. Pseudomonas and Related Bacteria
28. Campylobacter and Helicobacter
29. Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Rods
30. Clostridium
31. Non–Spore-Forming Anaerobic Bacteria
32. Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira
33. Mycoplasma
34. Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and Related Bacteria
35. Chlamydia

Section 5. Virology
36. Viral Classification, Structure, and Replication
37. Pathogenesis of Viral Diseases
39. Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Diseases
40. Antiviral Agents and Infection Control
41. Papillomaviruses and Polyomaviruses
42. Adenoviruses
43. Human Herpesviruses
44. Poxviruses
45. Parvoviruses
46. Picornaviruses
47. Coronaviruses and Noroviruses
48. Paramyxoviruses
49. Orthomyxoviruses
50. Rhabdoviruses, Filoviruses, and Bornaviruses
51. Reoviruses
52. Togaviruses and Flaviviruses
53. Bunyaviridae and Arenaviridae
54. Retroviruses
55. Hepatitis Viruses
56. Prion Diseases

Section 6. Mycology
57. Fungal Classification, Structure, and Replication
58. Pathogenesis of Fungal Disease
59. Role of Fungi in Disease
60. Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Disease
61. Antifungal Agents
62. Superficial and Cutaneous Mycoses
63. Subcutaneous Mycoses
64. Systemic Mycoses Caused by Dimorphic Fungi
65. Opportunistic Mycoses
66. Fungal and Fungal-Like Infections of Unusual or Uncertain Etiology

Section 7. Parasitology
67. Parasitic Classification, Structure, and Replication
68. Pathogenesis of Parasitic Diseases
69. Role of Parasites in Disease
70. Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Disease
71. Antiparasitic Agents
72. Intestinal and Urogenital Protozoa
73. Blood and Tissue Protozoa
74. Nematodes
75. Trematodes
76. Cestodes
77. Arthropods

Section 8. Infectious Diseases by Organ System
78. Sepsis and Cardiovascular Infections
79. Ear, Nose, and Throat Infections
80. Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
81. Ocular and Central Nervous System Infections
82. Genitourinary Tract Infections
83. Gastrointestinal Tract Infections
84. Intraabdominal Infections
85. Musculoskeletal, Skin, and Soft Tissue Infections

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

The gold standard textbook in the complex and fast-changing field of microbiology

Editorial Reviews

Review of the previous edition:
"As an introduction to medical microbiology for students, this book is excellent. The updated edition justifies replacing the previous editions. The writing is excellent and the subject material is organized very well. The book is very well illustrated with clear, easy-to-understand color graphics." —Eric Brown, PhD (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) Doody's Review Service

From the Publisher

This is an outstanding first text for a course on medical microbiology. In addition to various well-organized chapters on bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic pathogens, the authors have included an excellent section on basic principles of medical microbiology. The last edition of this text was published in 1990. The book has been written as a introductory level text covering the epidemiology, clinical syndrome, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment of a broad range of microbial pathogens responsible for causing clinical disease. The primary audience for this text includes medical students, medical technology students, and upper-level undergraduate microbiology students interested in the field of medical microbiology. The book has several outstanding features. Each chapter has many excellent figures and tables, enhancing the overall instructional value of the text. Within each chapter, the authors have also carefully highlighted key words or phrases. This facilitates the student's e fforts to sort out the important facts or concepts associated with the various microbial pathogens. In addition, at the end of each chapter is a list of sentinel/recent literature citations that the student can use for further study. The text has only one minor shortcoming and that is a superficial coverage of the opportunistic mycoses. Yeast infections have emerged as a major problem in the critical care populations and I am sure that the authors will rectify this omission in future editions. The authors of medical microbiology in this third edition have again successfully developed a first-rate text covering the broad discipline of medical microbiology. Each chapter is well organized, containingnumerous figures and tables. The authors are themselves outstanding educator-scientists and their collective experiences have been combined to produce an outstanding teaching text.

Charles E. Edmiston

A comprehensive textbook providing the medically important information that students need to know--in a format of concise presentations supplemented with numerous tables, color illustrations, and summary boxes. This revised edition (1st ed., 1990) greatly expands the topics, with the addition of three new sections and 13 additional chapters. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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