Medical Microbiology Made Easy

Description

Medical Microbiology Made Easy will serve as a handy reference tool. The brief text and bullet-point approach make it user-friendly and a good source of revision in the examinations. Besides the hard-core microbiology facts, there are useful chapters on biofilm, hospital waste management and recent advances in medical microbiology, which are based on the current knowledge and references. The addition of a chapter on oral microbiology is particularly useful for students of dentistry alongside other medical students and those who are pursuing various other microbiology courses. The questions at the end of the chapters reinforce the learning points.

Key Features

• A precisely updated text
• Builds confidence in students
• Describes all topics in a simple and user-friendly manner
• Helpful to imbibe the basics in medical microbiology
• Presents the well-described newer topics like “Biofilm” that is a real nuisance and “Hospital Waste Management”, which is the need of the hour
• Includes Question Bank at the end of each chapter.

Table of Contents

1.  General Bacteriology
2. Biofilm
3. Hospital Waste Management
4. Recent Advances in Diagnostic Techniques
5. Oral Manifestations in Various Diseases and Conditions
6. Immunology
7. Pathogenic Bacteriology
8. Parasitology
9. Virology
10. Mycology
11. Index

Author Biography

Jyotica Ahluwalia MBBS MD

Reader and Head, Department of Microbiology, JKK Nattraja Dental College, Komarapalayam, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India