• Thoroughly revised and updated edition including latest exam pattern questions and image based questions.
• Facts and concepts have been taken from latest editions of standard textbooks, such as Ananthanarayan 8th Ed, Jawetz 25th Ed, Harrison 18th Ed, CMDT 2014, Paniker 7th Ed, and Surinder Kumar 1st Ed
. • Topic and chapter wise arranged explanatory series.
• Review of every chapter helps in solving new questions.
• Full color presentation and mnemonics make the text easy to understand.
• Detailed coverage of immunology and parasitology.
• Important Points are given in a single unit “Revision at a Glance.”
• Provides the most essential facts in flow diagrams and tabulation with an easy-to-remember format.
• The focus of the book is to enable students to solve forthcoming questions.
• Informative index at the end to reduce the search time.
• Authentic and complete Question Bank with latest references and correct answers of the States examinations has been added.
About The Author:
Rachna Chaurasia, MD Radiodiagnosis, Asst. Professor, MLB College, Jhansi, India,Anshul Jain, MD Anesthesia, Asst. Professor ,MLB College, Jhansi, India
Table of Contents:
SECTION – A 1. Basics of Bacteriology 3
2. Basics of Virology
3. Basics of Mycology
4. Basics of Clinical Microbiology
5. Culture and Sterilization
6. Bacterial Genetics SECTION – B UNIT – I BACTERIOLOGY
Gram-positive Cocci
7. Staphylococci
8. Streptococci
Gram-negative Cocci
9. Neisseria
Gram-positive-Bacilli
10. Clostridium
11. Corynebacterium 107
12. Actinomycetes and Bacillus 119
13. Listeria Monocytogenes 133
14. Mycobacteria 139
Gram negative-Baccilli
15. Enterobacteriaceae
16. Vibrio 185
17. Pseudomonas and Yersinia 199
Gram negative bacilli and Cocco-bacilli
18. Hemophilus, Bordetella and Brucella
19. Campylobacter and Helicobacter
20. Legionella
21. Rickettsiae and Chlamydiae
Others 22. Spirochetes
23. Mycoplasma
22. Spirochetes
23. Mycoplasma UNIT – II VIROLOGY
24. DNA Virus
25. RNA Virus 303
26. Slow Virus Disease
27. Hepatitis Virus
28. HIV and Other Retrovirus
UNIT – III MYCOLOGY
29. Dermatophytes 387
30. Yeast and Yeast-like Fungus 391
31. Aspergillus and Mucormycosis 405
32. Dimorphic Fungi
UNIT – IV PARASITOLOGY
33. Basics of Parasitology
34. Protozoa
35. Helminths
UNIT – V IMMUNOLOGY
36. Basics of Immune System
37. Antigen and Antibody
38. Hypersensitivity
UNIT – VI MISCELLANEOUS
39. Miscellaneous SECTION – C Swine-Flu Update
