Essentials Of Medical Microbiology 3rd Edition by Apurba Sankar Sastry, Sandhya Bhat

About the Book: Essentials of Medical Microbiology: 3rd Edition

What is new in this edition?

Divided into two parts— (1) General Microbiology, Immunology and Hospital Infection Control and (II) Systemic Microbiology.

Systemic Microbiology (Infectious Diseases)—eight sections, each comprises of a first chapter on clinical infective syndrome followed by several chapters covering detailed information about the etiological agents.

Chapters on Clinical Infective Syndromes?represent the first chapter of every Systemic Microbiology section; covers various infective syndromes pertaining to that system in detail.

Parasitology has been Incorporated? Various parasitic infections discussed under infective syndromes.

Hospital Infection Control Section—thoroughly updated with the inclusion of new topics.

General Microbiology Section?meticulously restructured with the inclusion of general virology, general parasitology and general mycology chapters. General bacteriology is reorganized into a single chapter.

Overview Chapters—incorporated in the General Microbiology section.

Sterilization and Disinfection Chapter—completely revised based on hospital use of sterilizers and disinfectants; shifted to Hospital Infection Control section.

COVID?19 Chapter—a completely new chapter has been added.

Annexures?expanded to include several new topics such as opportunistic infections, transplant infections, national health programmes for communicable diseases, vector?borne diseases, transfuse ion?transmitted infections and AETCOM in Microbiology.

Recent Advances?updates made in laboratory diagnosis, treatment guidelines and vaccine prophylaxis of infectious diseases, of note tuberculosis and HIV.

Epidemiology Updates on Infectious Diseases Included

References followed from Harrison 20th/ed, Mandell 9th/ed, Bailey and Scotts 14th/ed, CDC and WHO websites and health care programme/guidelines.

Inclusion of more tables, flowcharts, real images and schematic diagrams—for better understanding.

One weapon, two targets—MBBS exam and PG entrance.