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
