Essentials of medical microbiology / [electronic resource] Apurba Sankar Sastry; Sandhya Bhat K.

Section 1 General Microbiology1. Introduction and Bacterial Taxonomy2. Morphology and Physiology of Bacteria3. Sterilization and Disinfection4. Culture Media and Culture Methods5. Identification of Bacteria(Conventional methods, Molecular methods and Automations)6. Bacterial Genetics7. Antimicrobial Agents, Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing8. Microbial PathogenicitySection 2 Immunology9. Immunity (Innate and Acquired)10. Antigen11. Antibody12. Antigen-Antibody Reaction13. Complement14. Structure of Immune System15. Immune Responses: Cell-mediated and Antibody-mediated16. Hypersensitivity17. Autoimmunity18. Immunodeficiency Disorders19. Transplant and Cancer Immunology20. Immunoprophylaxis and ImmunohematologySection 3 Systematic BacteriologyGram-positive cocci21. Staphylococcus22. Streptococcus, Enterococcus and PneumococcusGram-negative cocci23. Neisseria and MoraxellaGram-positive bacilli24. Corynebacterium25. Bacillus26. Anaerobes (Clostridium and Non-sporing Anaerobes) 25627. Mycobacteria(M. tuberculosis, Non tuberculous mycobacteria and M. leprae)28. Miscellaneous Gram-positive Bacilli29. Enterobacteriaceae-I(Escherichia, Shigella, Klebsiella, Proteus, Yersinia and others)30. Enterobacteriaceae-II: Salmonella31. Vibrio and Aeromonas32. Pseudomonas and Other Non-fermenters33. Haemophilus and HACEK Group34. Bordetella35. Brucella36. Miscellaneous Gram-negative Bacilli37. Spirochetes38. Rickettsiae, Coxiella, Bartonella39. Chlamydiae40. Mycoplasma and UreaplasmaSection 4 Virology41. General Properties of Viruses42. Herpesviruses43. Other DNA Viruses44. Myxoviruses (Orthomyxoviruses and Paramyxoviruses) and Rubella Virus45. Picornaviruses46. Arboviruses47. Rhabdoviruses (Rabies Virus)48. HIV and Other Retroviruses49. Miscellaneous RNA Viruses50. Hepatitis Viruses51. Oncogenic VirusesSection 5 Mycology52. Medical MycologySection 6 Applied Microbiology53. Normal Microbial Flora of Human Body54. Clinical Microbiology (Infective Syndromes)55. Hospital Acquired Infections56. Biomedical Waste Management57. Bacteriology of Water, Milk, Air and FoodAnnexuresIndex

A single book that meets multiple requirements of both MBBS 2nd year exam and PG entrance exams. More content, less pages, handy look, saves a student's time. Concise, bulleted format and to-the-point text, easy-to-read during examination. Simple and lucid language makes the understanding easy. Separate boxes for summary of laboratory diagnosis and treatment for quick review. Schematic diagrams are drawn in a user-friendly manner. More real images keeping in view the image-based MCQs in PG entrances. Over 600 images and line diagrams and 300 tables and flowcharts incorporated. Immunology and virology sections fully updated according to the current need. Recent updated concepts in epidemiology, laboratory diagnosis and treatment have been included. Advanced and newer topics are covered, such as H1N1, Ebola, Polio eradication, newer bacterial drug resistance mechanisms (ESBL, VRSA, VRE, XDR-TB) automations and molecular methods in microbiology, etc. Clinical case-based essay questions and MCQs incorporated at the end of each chapter to reinforce students to prepare for future exams.