Essentials of Medical Microbiology

Section 1:: General Microbiology

• Introduction and Bacterial Taxonomy
• Morphology and Physiology of Bacteria
• Sterilization and Disinfection
• Culture Media and Culture Methods
• Identification of Bacteria (Conventional methods, Molecular methods and Automations)
• Bacterial Genetics
• Antimicrobial Agents, Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
• Microbial Pathogenicity

Section 2:: Immunology

• Immunity (Innate and Acquired)
• Antigen
• Antibody
• Antigen-Antibody Reaction
• Complement
• Structure of Immune System
• Immune Responses:: Cell-mediated and Antibody-mediated
• Hypersensitivity
• Autoimmunity
• Immunodeficiency Disorders
• Transplant and Cancer Immunology
• Immunoprophylaxis and Immunohematology

Section 3:: Systematic Bacteriology
Gram-positive cocci

• Staphylococcus
• Streptococcus, Enterococcus and Pneumococcus

Gram-negative cocci

• Neisseria and Moraxella

Gram-positive bacilli

• Corynebacterium
• Bacillus
• Anaerobes (Clostridium and Non-sporing Anaerobes)
• Mycobacteria (M. tuberculosis, Non tuberculous mycobacteria and M. leprae)
• Miscellaneous Gram-positive Bacilli (Actionomycetes, Listeria, Erysipelothrix and Trophyrema)

Gram-negative bacilli

• Enterobacteriaceae-I (Escherichia, Shigella, Klebsiella, Proteus, Yersinia and others)
• Enterobacteriaceae-II:: Salmonella
• Vibrio and Aeromonas
• Pseudomonas and Other Non-fermenters
• Haemophilus and HACEK Group
• Bordetella
• Brucella
• Miscellaneous Gram-negative Bacilli (Campylobacter, Helicobacter, Legionella, Pasteurella, Francisella and agent of Donovaniasis, Rat-bite fever, Bacterial vaginosis)

Other groups of bacteria

• Spirochetes
• Rickettsiae, Coxiella, Bartonella
• Chlamydia
• Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

Section 4:: Virology

• General Properties of Viruses

DNA viruses

• Herpesviruses
• Other DNA Viruses (Parvoviridae, Papillomaviridae, Polyomaviridae, Poxviridae, Adenoviridae and Bacteriophages)

RNA viruses

• Myxoviruses (Orthomyxoviruses and Paramyxoviruses) and Rubella Virus
• Picornaviruses
• Arboviruses
• Rhabdoviruses (Rabies Virus)
• HIV and Other Retroviruses
• Miscellaneous RNA Viruses [Rodent-borne (Hantaviruses, Arenaviruses), Filoviruses (Ebola virus, Marburg virus), Coronaviruses, Slow viruses, Rotavirus and other agents of viral gastroenteritis and Bornavirus]

Other groups of viruses

• Hepatitis Viruses
• Oncogenic Viruses

Section 5:: Mycology

• Medical Mycology

Section 6:: Hospital acquired infections

• Hospital acquired infection
• Hospital acquired infection Surveillance
• Biomedical waste
• Needle stick injury
• Antimicrobial stewardship
• Environmental surveillance (Bacteriology of water, air, surface, milk and food)

Section 7:: Clinical Microbiology (Infective Syndrome)

• Normal Microbial Flora of Human Body
• Urinary Tract Infection
• Diarrheal Diseases
• Meningitis
• Blood Stream Infections
• Respiratory Tract Infection
• Miscellaneous Infectious Syndromes

Annexures

• Emerging and Re-emerging Infections
• Bioterrorism
• Laboratory Acquired Infections
• Zoonosis

Index