Essentials of Medical Microbiology

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