Microbiology and Parasitology : question & answer review / K Rahesgwar Reddy

PART 1 : GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
1. History of Microbiology
2. Microscopy
3. Staining Methods
4. Morphology of Bacteria
5. Bacterial Anatomy/Ultrastructure of Bacterial Cell
6. Bacterial Nutrition
7. Growth and Multiplication of Bacteria
8. Sterilization
9. Disinfection
10. Culture Media
11. Culture Methods
12. Biochemical Tests for the Identification of Bacteria
13. Antibiotic Sensitivity Tests
14. Classification of Microorganisms: Microbial Taxonomy
15. Microbial Genetics
16. Drug Resistance
17. Infection and Host-Parasite Interactions
18. Microbial Pathogenicity
PART 2 : IMMUNOLOGY
1. Immunity
2. Antigens/Immunogens (Precipitinogens, Agglutinogens, Vaccines, Allergens)
3. Immunoglobulins (Gamma globulins, Antibodies, Immune sera, Antisera)
4. Monoclonal Antibodies
5. Antigen-Antibody Reactions
6. The Complement System
7. Structure and Functions of Immune System
8. Major Histocompatibility Complex
9. Immune Response
10. Hypersensitivity (Allergy)
11. Autoimmunity

PART 3 : SYSTEMATIC MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY
1. Staphylococcus
2. Streptococcus
3. Pneumococci (Streptococcus pneumoniae)
4. Neisseria
5. Corynebacterium diphtheriae
6. Bacillus anthracis
7. Clostridium
8. Nonsporing Anaerobes
9. Enterobacteriaceae, Klebsiellae, Proteus, Citrobacter
10, Escherichia coli
11. Shigellae
12. Salmonellae
13. Vibrio cholerae
14. Pseudomonas, Burkholderia and Stenotrophomonas
15. Yersinia, Pasteurella, Francisella
16. Haemophilus
17. Bordetella
18. Brucella
19. Atypical Mycobacteria
20. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
21. Mycobacterium leprae
22. Borrelia
23. Leptospira
24. Treponema pallidum
25. Mycoplasma
26. Actinomycetes
27. Miscellaneous Bacteria
28. Rickettsiaceae
29. Chlamydiae

PART 4 : MEDICAL VIROLOGY
1. General Properties of Viruses
2. Bacteriophage
3. Poxviruses
4. Herpesviruses
6. Picornaviruses
7. Influenza Virus (Orthomyxoviruses)
8. Mumps Virus
9. Parainfluenza Viruses
10. Respiratory Syncytical Virus (RSV)
11. Measles (Rubeola) Virus
12. Rubella Virus (German Measles)
13. Arboviruses
14. Rhabdoviruses
15. Hepatitis Viruses
16. Viruses Causing Diarrhea
17. Oncogenic Viruses
18. Parvoviruses
19. Papovaviruses
20. Slow Viruses
21. Arenaviruses
22. Coronaviruses
23. Filoviruses
24. AIDS
25. Viral Vaccines
Chapter 7 : MEDICAL MYCOLOGY
1. Medical Mycology

Chapter 6 : MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY
1. Protozoology (Ent-amoeba histolytica)
2. Pathogenic Free Living Amoebae
3. Entamoeba coil
4. Giardia lamblia
5. Trichomonas
6. Leishmania donovani
7. Leishmania tropica
8. Leishmania brasiliensis
9. Trypanosoma brucei
10. Trypanosoma cruzi
11. Plasmodium (Malarial Parasite)
12. Toxoplasma gondii
13. Balantidium coli
14. Cryptosporidium
15. Sarcocystis


Includes index.