Jawetz, Melnick & Adelberg's Medical Microbiology Twenty-Ninth Edition

By Karen C. Carroll, Timothy A. Mietzner, Janet S. Butel, et al.

Book Overview

Filled with illustrations, practice questions, and case studies, this definitive guide brings you fully up to date on important concepts and issues, including outbreak management

Since 1954, students, instructors, and clinicians have hailed Jawetz, Melnick & Adelberg's Medical Microbiology as the single-best resource for understanding the roles microorganisms play in human health and illness. It is packed with 650+ questions and detailed answers, 350+ illustrations, and 21 case studies.

Concise and fully up to date, this trusted classic links fundamental principles with the diagnosis and treatment of microbial infections. Along with brief descriptions of each organism, you'll find vital perspectives on pathogenesis, diagnostic laboratory tests, clinical findings, treatment, and epidemiology.

Here's why Jawetz, Melnick & Adelberg's Medical Microbiology is essential for USMLE(R) review:

- Updated: Chapter on Coronavirus has been significantly updated with new info on COVID-19

- New: Updated bacteriology and mycology images

- New: Expanded coverage of outbreak management, including new content on the principles of infectious disease epidemiology

- New: Pared down content in specific areas to place greater emphasis on what today's student needs to master

- 640+ USMLE-style review questions

- 350+ informative tables and illustrations

- 21 case studies to sharpen your differential diagnosis and management skills

- An easy-to-access list of medically important microorganisms

- Coverage that reflects the latest techniques in laboratory and diagnostic technologies

- Full-color images and micrographs

- Chapter-ending summaries

- Chapter concept check

Written, designed, and formatted with visual learners in mind, this core textbook in medical basic science delivers high-yield text discussion and high-quality illustrations in a Q&A format that appeals to today's students.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1265109508
• ISBN13: 9781265109509
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical
• Length: 912 Pages

Customer Reviews

Good book as foundation for medical microbiology students

I used this as one of my required texts for my microbiology class in med school. It had very good sections on parasitology, viruses, etc. It was fun learning the what parasites are endemic to certain regions of the world and what symptoms they cause. I was used the following: Microbiology Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers by Patrick Leonardi. This second book was great because it was thorough in the aspects of test preparation in these various ways: it helped me prepare for the type of questions asked by my microbiology professor. In this way when I was studying I knew which facts to study harder and to know better. I easily got in the top 1% of my medical microbiology in grades with the help of these two books. I give each book five stars.

It's a modern and exact book

This edition have news about micobiology.

good for 2nd yr med school micro - but short on clin. stuff

depending on the focus of your course, this might not have enough clinical case-related material. Great for the "big flick" with a very well laid out presentation (not enough pix or graphs), very good overall. Lot's of people in my class chose the Appleton and Lange (same publisher) 'Review" version of this book (blue cover).