UNIT I: GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
1. Historical Introduction
2. Morphology of Bacteria
3. Growth and Nutrition of Bacteria
4. Sterilisation and Disinfection
5. Culture Media and Culture Methods
6. Selection, Collection, Transport, Processing of Specimens and Identification of Bacteria
7. Bacterial Genetics and Drug Resistance in Bacteria
8. Microbial Pathogenicity
UNIT II: IMMUNOLOGY
9. Immunity
10. Antigen
11. Antibodies — Immunoglobulins
12. Antigen-Antibody Reactions
13. Complement System
14. Structure and Functions of the Immune System
15. Immune Response
16. Hypersensitivity
17. Autoimmunity and Immunodeficiency Diseases
18. Transplantation and Tumour Immunity
UNIT III: SYSTEMIC BACTERIOLOGY
19. Staphylococcus
20. Streptococcus
21. Pneumococcus
22. Neisseria
23. Corynebacterium
24. Bacillus
25. Clostridium
26. Nonsporing Anaerobes
27. Enterobacteriaceae
28. Shigella
29. Salmonella
30. Vibrio
31. Campylobacter, Helicobacter, Mobiluncus
32. Pseudomonas, Stenotrophomonas, Burkholderia
33. Yersinia
34. Legionella
35. Haemophilus
36. Bordetella
37. Brucella
38. Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
39. Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria
40. Mycobacterium Leprae
41. Spirochaetes
42. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma
43. Actinomycetes
44. Miscellaneous Bacteria
45. Rickettsia, Orientia, Coxiella, Ehrlichia
46. Chlamydia and Chlamydophila
UNIT IV: VIROLOGY
47. General Properties of Viruses
48. DNA Viruses
49. RNA Viruses
50. Hepatitis Viruses
51. Retroviruses: HIV
52. Bacteriophage
UNIT V: MYCOLOGY
53. Medical Mycology
UNIT VI: PARASITOLOGY
54. Medical Parasitology
UNIT VII: ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
55. Oral Microbiology
UNIT VIII: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
56. Infective Syndromes: Laboratory Diagnosis
57. Antimicrobial Therapy
58. Antimicrobial Sensitivity Testing
59. Immunohaematology
60. Healthcare-Associated Infection
61. Hand Hygiene
62. Biomedical Waste Management
63. Prophylactic Immunisation
UNIT IX: MICROBIOLOGY AT A GLANCE
64. Essentials of Microbiology at a Glance
UNIT X: PRACTICAL MICROBIOLOGY
65. Practical Microbiology
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