Contents:

Section 1 General Microbiology

1. Introduction and Bacterial Taxonomy

2. Morphology and Physiology of Bacteria

3. Sterilization and Disinfection

4. Culture Media and Culture Methods

5. Identification of Bacteria

(Conventional methods, Molecular methods and Automations)

6. Bacterial Genetics

7. Antimicrobial Agents, Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

8. Microbial Pathogenicity

Section 2 Immunology

9. Immunity (Innate and Acquired)

10. Antigen

11. Antibody

12. Antigen-Antibody Reaction

13. Complement

14. Structure of Immune System

15. Immune Responses: Cell-mediated and Antibody-mediated

16. Hypersensitivity

17. Autoimmunity

18. Immunodeficiency Disorders

19. Transplant and Cancer Immunology

20. Immunoprophylaxis and Immunohematology

Section 3 Systematic Bacteriology

Gram-positive cocci

21. Staphylococcus

22. Streptococcus, Enterococcus and Pneumococcus

Gram-negative cocci

23. Neisseria and Moraxella

Gram-positive bacilli

24. Corynebacterium

25. Bacillus

26. Anaerobes (Clostridium and Non-sporing Anaerobes) 256

27. Mycobacteria

(M. tuberculosis, Non tuberculous mycobacteria and M. leprae)

28. Miscellaneous Gram-positive Bacilli

29. Enterobacteriaceae-I

(Escherichia, Shigella, Klebsiella, Proteus, Yersinia and others)

30. Enterobacteriaceae-II: Salmonella

31. Vibrio and Aeromonas

32. Pseudomonas and Other Non-fermenters

33. Haemophilus and HACEK Group

34. Bordetella

35. Brucella

36. Miscellaneous Gram-negative Bacilli

37. Spirochetes

38. Rickettsiae, Coxiella, Bartonella

39. Chlamydiae

40. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

Section 4 Virology

41. General Properties of Viruses

42. Herpesviruses

43. Other DNA Viruses

44. Myxoviruses (Orthomyxoviruses and Paramyxoviruses) and Rubella Virus

45. Picornaviruses

46. Arboviruses

47. Rhabdoviruses (Rabies Virus)

48. HIV and Other Retroviruses

49. Miscellaneous RNA Viruses

50. Hepatitis Viruses

51. Oncogenic Viruses

Section 5 Mycology

52. Medical Mycology

Section 6 Applied Microbiology

53. Normal Microbial Flora of Human Body

54. Clinical Microbiology (Infective Syndromes)

55. Hospital Acquired Infections

56. Biomedical Waste Management

57. Bacteriology of Water, Milk, Air and Food

Annexures

Index