Essentials of Microbiology for Nurses, 1st Edition

Dr. I Kannan is an Associate Professor and Exam evaluator of Microbiology for Nursing, BDS as well as Medicine at Tagore Medical College, Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai. In 25 years of teaching experience including 1 year teaching expecience of Microbiology to Post Graduates in Singapore, he has gained competency of being question paper setter for PG - Microbiology at university level and has been Chairman of Board of studies and Board of Examiner for Microbiology at Madras Christian College. He has contributed several articles in national and international journals, and has presented several papers and posters in national and international conferences. He also has won PGIBMS best paper award from Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists in the XVI Annual conferences of Indian Association of biomedical scientists, 1993 conducted in Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India. Dr. Kannan has published a book on " Immunology" with M.J.P Publishers, India in 2007.

SECTION 1 General Microbiology

1 Introduction to Microbiology, 3

2 Morphology and Physiology of Bacteria, 6

3 Culture Media, 16

4 Culture Methods, 20

5 Laboratory Methods in Identifi cation of Microorganisms, 25

SECTION 2 Infection Control

6 Infection, 35

7 Sterilization and Disinfection, 40

8 Hospital-Acquired Infection and Its Control, 48

9 Chemotherapy and Antibiotics, 52

10 Hospital Waste Disposal, 57

SECTION 3 Medical Bacteriology

11 Staphylococcus, 63

12 Streptococcus, 67

13 Neisseria, 76

14 Corynebacterium, 80

15 Clostridium, 85

16 Nonsporing Anaerobic Bacteria, 92

17 Mycobacteria, 94

18 Haemophilus, Bordetella and Brucella, 99

19 Enterobacteriaceae, 104

20 Vibrios, 110

21 Pseudomonas, 113

22 Mycoplasma, Chlamydia and Rickettsia, 115

23 Spirochaetes, 119

24 Actinomycetes, 124

25 Miscellaneous Bacteria, 126

SECTION 4 Medical Virology

26 General Properties of Viruses, 133

27 DNA-Enveloped Viruses, 138

28 DNA-Nonenveloped Viruses, 143

29 RNA-Enveloped Viruses, 146

30 RNA-Nonenveloped Viruses, 152

31 Hepatitis Viruses, 155

32 Arboviruses, 161

33 Tumour Viruses, 164

34 Slow Viruses and Prions, 167

35 Human Immunodefi ciency Virus, 169

36 Miscellaneous Viruses, 173

SECTION 5 Medical Mycology

37 Basic Mycology, 177

38 Cutaneous and Subcutaneous Mycoses, 180

39 Systemic Mycoses, 184

40 Opportunistic Mycoses, 186

SECTION 6 Medical Parasitology

41 Intestinal Protozoa, 191

42 Blood and Tissue Protozoa, 195

43 Other Minor Protozoan Pathogens, 201

44 Helminths: Cestodes, 204

45 Helminths: Trematodes, 211

46 Helminths: Nematodes, 217

47 Laboratory Methods in Identifi cation of Parasites, 229

SECTION 7 Laboratory Diagnosis of Systemic Infections

48 Respiratory Tract Infections, 233

49 Urinary Tract Infections, 236

50 Diarrhoeal Infections, 238

51 Central Nervous System Infections, 240

52 Skin and Soft Tissue Infections, 242

53 Infective Endocarditis, 244

54 Pyrexia of Unknown Origin, 246

SECTION 8 Immunology

55 Immunity, 251

56 Antigens and Antibodies, 254

57 Antigen-Antibody Reaction, 258

58 Serological Tests, 264

59 Hypersensitivity Reactions, 268

60 Vaccines, 272

Glossary, 276

Index, 279