Section 1: General BacteriologyHistorical Development of MicrobiologyMicroscopyMorphology of BacteriaPhysiology of BacteriaSterilization and DisinfectionCulture MediaCulture MethodsIdentification of BacteriaBacterial TaxonomyBacterial GeneticsInfectionSection 2: ImmunologyImmunityAntigensAntibodies-ImmunoglobulinsComplement SystemAntigen-Antibody ReactionsStructures and Functions of the Immune SystemImmune ResponseImmunodeficiency DiseasesHypersensitivity ReactionsAutoimmunityImmunology of Transplantation and MalignancyImmunohematologySection 3: Systemic BacteriologyStaphylococcusStreptococcus and EntercoccusPneumococcus (Diplococcus pneumoniae: Streptococcus pneumoniae)Neisseria and MoraxellaCorynebacteriumBacillusClostridiumNonsporing AnaerobesMycobacterium tuberculosisMycobacterium lepraeNontuberculous MycobacteriaActinomycetesEnterobacteriaceae: Escherichia, Klebsiella, Proteus and Other GeneraTribe Proteeae: Proteus, Morganella and ProvidenciaShigellaEnterobacteriaceae III: SalmonellaVibrio, Aeromonas and PlesiomonasCampylobacter and HelicobacterPseudomonas, Stenotrophomonas, BurkholderiaLegionellaYersinia, Pasteurella, FrancisellaHaemophilusBordetellaBrucellaSpirochetesMycoplasma and UreaplasmaMiscellaneous BacteriaRickettsiaceae, Bartonellaceae and CoxiellaChlamydia and ChlamydophilaSection 4: VirologyGeneral Properties of VirusesVirus-Host Interactions: Viral InfectionsLaboratory Diagnosis, Prophylaxis and Chemotherapy of Viral DiseasesBacteriophagesPoxvirusesHerpesviruses 4AdenovirusesPapovavirusesParvovirusesPicornavirusesOrthomyxovirusParamyxovirusesArbovirusesRhabdovirusesHepatitis VirusesRetroviruses: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)Slow Virus and Prion DiseasesMiscellaneous VirusesOncogenic VirusesSection 5: Medical MycologyGeneral Properties, Classification and Laboratory Diagnosis of FungiSuperficial, Cutaneous and Subcutaneous MycosesSystemic MycosesOpportunistic MycoseMycotoxicosisSection 6: MiscellaneousNormal Microbial Flora of the Human BodyInfective SyndromeHospital-acquired InfectionLaboratory Control of Antimicrobial TherapyAntimicrobial ChemotherapyImmunoprophylaxisBacteriology of Water, Milk and AirHospital Waste Management 5Vehicles and VectorsEmerging and Re-emerging Infectious DiseasesSection 7: Diagnostic Medical MicrobiologyMolecular Detection of MicroorganismsStaining MethodsPractical Microbiology for MBBS StudentsIndex