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**2026 Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA) Textbook Excellence "Texty" Award Winner**
**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles 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 Evolve Instructor site with an image and test bank is available to instructors through their Elsevier sales rep or via request at https://evolve.elsevier.com.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Section 1 Introduction (1)
• 1 Introduction to Medical Microbiology (2)
• 2 Human Microbiome in Health and Disease (6)
• 3 Infection Prevention and Control (11)
• Section 2 General Principles of Laboratory Diagnosis (21)
• 4 Traditional Diagnostic Methods (22)
• 5 Molecular and Proteomic Diagnostic Methods (29)
• Section 3 Basic Concepts in the Immune Response (35)
• 6 Elements of Host Protective Responses (36)
• 7 Innate Host Responses (46)
• 8 Antigen-Specific Immune Responses (61)
• 9 Immune Responses to Infectious Agents (81)
• 10 Antimicrobial Vaccines (103)
• Section 4 Bacteriology (111)
• 11 Bacterial Classification, Structure, and Replication (112)
• 12 Bacterial Metabolism and Genetics (124)
• 13 Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis (134)
• 14 Role of Bacteria in Disease (143)
• 15 Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases (149)
• 16 Antibacterial Agents (155)
• 17 Staphylococcus and Related Gram-Positive Cocci (163)
• 18 Streptococcus and Enterococcus (176)
• 19 Bacillus (194)
• 20 Listeria and Related Gram-Positive Bacteria (200)
• 21 Mycobacterium and Related Acid-Fast Bacteria (209)
• 22 Neisseria and Related Bacteria (224)
• 23 Haemophilus and Related Bacteria (233)
• 24 Enterobacterales (240)
• 25 Vibrio and Related Bacteria (254)
• 26 Pseudomonas and Related Bacteria (261)
• 27 Campylobacter and Helicobacter (269)
• 28 Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Rods (276)
• 29 Clostridium and Clostridioides (290)
• 30 Non-Spore-Forming Anaerobic Bacteria (301)
• 31 Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira (310)
• 32 Mycoplasma (323)
• 33 Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and Related Bacteria (326)
• 34 Chlamydia (336)
• Section 5 Virology (343)
• 35 Viral Classification, Structure, and Replication (344)
• 36 Mechanisms of Viral Pathogenesis (361)
• 37 Role of Viruses in Disease (372)
• 38 Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Diseases (378)
• 39 Antiviral Agents and Infection Control (384)
• 40 Papillomaviruses and Polyomaviruses (392)
• 41 Adenoviruses (402)
• 42 Human Herpesviruses (409)
• 43 Poxviruses (432)
• 44 Parvoviruses (438)
• 45 Picornaviruses (443)
• 46 Coronaviruses (455)
• 47 Noroviruses and Small RNA Enteric Viruses (463)
• 48 Paramyxoviruses (467)
• 49 Orthomyxoviruses (479)
• 50 Rhabdoviruses, Filoviruses, and Bornaviruses (489)
• 51 Reoviruses (497)
• 52 Togaviruses, Flaviviruses, and Rubivirus (Matonaviridae) (505)
• 53 Bunyavirales: Bunyaviridae and Arenaviridae (517)
• 54 Retroviruses (523)
• 55 Hepatitis Viruses (540)
• 56 Prion Diseases (557)
• Section 6 Mycology (563)
• 57 Fungal Classification, Structure, and Replication (564)
• 58 Pathogenesis of Fungal Disease (570)
• 59 Role of Fungi in Disease (580)
• 60 Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Disease (582)
• 61 Antifungal Agents (592)
• 62 Superficial and Cutaneous Mycoses (604)
• 63 Subcutaneous Mycoses (614)
• 64 Systemic Mycoses Caused by Dimorphic Fungi (624)
• 65 Opportunistic Mycoses (641)
• 66 Fungal and Fungal-Like Infections of Unusual or Uncertain Etiology (667)
• Section 7 Parasitology (679)
• 67 Parasitic Classification, Structure, and Replication (680)
• 68 Pathogenesis of Parasitic Diseases (687)
• 69 Role of Parasites in Disease (691)
• 70 Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Disease (693)
• 71 Antiparasitic Agents (702)
• 72 Intestinal and Urogenital Protozoa (710)
• 73 Blood and Tissue Protozoa (724)
• 74 Nematodes (745)
• 75 Trematodes (764)
• 76 Cestodes (775)
• 77 Arthropods (787)
• Section 8 Infectious Diseases by Organ System (805)
• 78 Sepsis and Cardiovascular Infections (806)
• 79 Ear, Nose and Throat Infections (809)
• 80 Lower Respiratory Tract Infections (812)
• 81 Eye, Brain and Nervous System Infections (815)
• 82 Genitourinary Tract Infections (820)
• 83 Gastrointestinal Infections (823)
• 84 Musculoskeletal, Skin, and Soft Tissue Infections (825)
• 85 Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Infections (830)
• Index (835)