Medical Microbiology - Paperback

by Patrick R. Murray (Author), Ken S. Rosenthal (Author), Michael A. Pfaller (Author)

**2026 Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA) Textbook Excellence "Texty" Award Winner**
**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Microbiology**

• 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