Jawetz, Melnick & Adelberg's Medical Microbiology, 27th Edition by Karen C. Carroll, Janet S. Butel, and Stephen A. Morse provides a clinically focused introduction to the microorganisms responsible for human disease and the principles used to diagnose, treat, and prevent microbial infections. The text connects fundamental microbiology with clinical medicine through coverage of bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, immunology, microbial pathogenesis, and antimicrobial therapy. This edition incorporates advances in molecular mechanisms, diagnostic technologies, emerging pathogens, and understanding of host–microbe interactions. More than 20 clinical cases, hundreds of USMLE-style review questions, illustrations, tables, chapter summaries, and concept checks reinforce essential material and help students apply microbiological principles to realistic clinical problems. Its concise structure and emphasis on medically important organisms make it particularly useful for medical and health-science students who need both a course textbook and an efficient review resource for examinations and clinical study.
 
What This Book Covers
 
Fundamentals of medical microbiology
Bacterial structure, physiology, genetics, and pathogenesis
Immunology and host defense mechanisms
Medically important bacterial infections
Human viral diseases and viral pathogenesis
Medical mycology and fungal infections
Medical parasitology
Diagnostic microbiology and clinical case analysis
 
Key Topics
 
Microbial cell structure and classification
Growth, metabolism, cultivation, and microbial genetics
Normal human microbiota
Mechanisms of bacterial disease
Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens
Mycobacteria, spirochetes, rickettsiae, and chlamydiae
Antimicrobial drugs and resistance mechanisms
Viral replication, pathogenesis, and control
Herpesviruses, hepatitis viruses, influenza, and HIV
Medically important fungi
Protozoal and helminthic infections
Innate and adaptive immunity
Laboratory diagnosis of microbial infections
Differential diagnosis and treatment principles
Clinical correlations and USMLE-style review
 
Who This Book Is For
 
Medical students studying microbiology and infectious disease
Students preparing for USMLE and medical board examinations
Pharmacy and other health-science students
Clinicians seeking a concise medical microbiology reference McGraw Hill