Medical Microbiology

PART I GENERAL ASPECTS OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY Introduction and Historical Developments in Microbiology Normal Flora of the Healthy Human Host Non-specific Defence Mechanisms Host–Microbe Interactions Infective Syndrome and Diagnostic Procedure Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Epidemiology and Control of Community Infections Collection of Various Specimens for Diagnosis Selective Cum Differential Media used for the Isolation of Bacteria

PART II BACTERIOLOGY General Characteristics of Bacteria Classification of Pathogenic Bacteria Staphylococcal Infections Streptococcal Infections Dental Caries Pneumonia Diphtheria Meningitis Whooping Cough Tuberculosis Leprosy Diarrhoea Cholera Gastroenteritis Typhoid Fever Gonorrhoea Syphilis Gas Gangrene Tetanus Leptospira Borrelia Helicobacter pylori Campylobacter Pseudomonas aeruginosa Chlamydia Rickettsiae Brucella Bacillus anthracis Actinomyces

PART III VIROLOGY Characteristic Features of Viruses Classification of Animal Viruses Diagnosis of Viral Infections Smallpox Common ColdInfluenza Measles Mumps Rubella Arbo virus Infections Polio Rabies Hepatitis AIDS Herpes virus Infections Treatment of Viral Infections

PART IV MYCOLOGY Introduction to Fungi Mycoses Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Infections Superficial Mycoses Subcutaneous Mycoses Systemic Mycoses

PART V PARASITOLOGY General Characteristics of Parasites Classification of Pathogenic Protozoa and Helminthes Nematodes Protozoan Infections Nematode Infections Trematode Infections

PART VI MY COPLASMA AND OTHER INFECTIONS Mycoplasma Zoonotic Infections Nosocomial Infections