The book has been thoroughly updated with recent developments in cases of EBOLA virus, polio eradication, dengue vaccine, Vaccine Derived Polio Virus (VDPVs), etc. The book also includes recent questions covered in PGI-2014, AIIMS 2014, JIPMER Jan 2015 session and other important exams. Image based questions are also a highlight of this book. Each chapter comprises of a short review which gives a preliminary overall idea about the chapter followed by MCQs with detailed explanations, a separate section of recent 2014 entrance examination questions and finally a separate section for image based MCQs. The book covers eight sections starting from generalised details on microbiology to the section of recent questions and image based questions. The second section is about immunology, the third section covers systemic bacteriology, fourth, fifth and sixth sections deal with virology, mycology and parasitology respectively. The seventh section describe in detail about applied microbiology with the help of tables and other illustrations.

• First book on Microbiology written by the subject speciality authors.

• Thoroughly revised, updated and fully colored edition.

• Each chapter contains:

• Chapterwise concise complete text in a new layout for enabling the students to study antegrade and important points given in a separate boxes.

• Chapterwise MCQs with detailed explanations given of previous year exams of National & State exams including DNB and NEET Pattern Questions.

• Hundred percent authentic and correct answers with the updated references from all the standard textbooks viz Ananthanarayan 9th, Harrison 18th, Jawetz 25th, Topley and Wilson 10th, Bailey and Scott 12th & Park 22th.

• More emphasis is given to the sections like Immunology, Parasitology and Mycology.

• Applied Microbiology: A completely new section is introduced which will help the students to attempt clinically oriented MCQs.

• Image based questions is given in a separate colored section at the end of the book.

• Annexures given for the important topics like (i) Important National Reference Centres for Infectious Diseases in India (ii) Incubation Period of Important Organisms (iii) Arthropod Borne Diseases (iv) Examples of Special Media (E-enriched, En-enrichment, S-selective, D-differential Media).

• The book contains lot of tables, flowcharts, mnemonics which will definitely help the students for better recall.

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Contents

Chapter-1.1 History, Morphology, Growth & Nutrition of Bacteria
Chapter-1.2 Sterilization and Disinfection, Hospital Waste Management, Bacteriology of Water, Milk and Air
Chapter-1.3 Culture Media and Culture Methods
Chapter-1.4 Bacterial Genetics
Chapter-2.1 Infection and Immunity
Chapter-2.2 Antigen, Antibody and Antigen Antibody Reaction, Complement
Chapter-2.3 Structure of Immune System and Immune Response
Chapter-2.4 Hypersensitivity Reaction
Chapter-2.5 National Immunization Schedule, Autoimmunity, Transplant & Cancer Immunology and Immunodeficiency Disorder
Chapter-3.1 Staphylococcus
Chapter-3.2 Streptococcus and Pneumococcus
Chapter-3.3 Neisseria
Chapter-3.4 Corynebacterium & Bacillus
Chapter-3.5 Clostridium
Chapter-3.6 Mycobacterium
Chapter-3.7 Enterobacteriaceae (E.coli, Klebsiella, Proteus, Shigella, Salmonella, Yersinia)
Chapter-3.8 Vibrio
Chapter-3.9 Pseudomonas & Other Non Fermenters and Haemophilus, Bordetella, Brucella (HBB)
Chapter-3.10 Spirochaete
Chapter-3.11 Rickettsia, Chlamydia and Mycoplasma
Chapter-3.12 Miscellaneous Bacteria
Chapter-4.1 General Virology
Chapter-4.2 Herpes Viruses and Other DNA Viruses
Chapter-4.3 Myxoviruses
Chapter-4.4 Arboviruses, Picorna Viruses and Rabies
Chapter-4.5 Hepatitis Viruses
Chapter-4.6 HIV
Chapter-4.7 Miscellaneous Viruses
Chapter-05 Mycology
Chapter-6.1 General Parasitology
Chapter-6.2 Intestinal Amoebae Free-living Amoeba and Balantidium Coli
Chapter-6.3 Flagellates
Chapter-6.4 Plasmodium Species and Babesia
Chapter-6.5 Coccidian Parasites
Chapter-6.6 Cestodes and Trematodes
Chapter-6.7 Nematodes
Chapter-07 Applied Microbiology
Chapter-8.1 Recent Questions 2014
Chapter-8.2 Image Based Questions