About

This book gives you clear and concise information about microorganisms: how to identify them, how they cause infection, and the preventive measures to be employed. Along with an extensive discussion on diagnosis and treatment of various microbial diseases, the book encompasses the relevant basic knowledge of bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology and entomology with reference to the Indian context. 

Key Features 

• Detailed discussion of collection and transport of specimens for microbiological examination, sterilization, hospital-associated infections, hospital waste management.
• Practising nurses will find chapters on Occupational Hazards and Patient Safety particularly useful
• New to This Edition
• Chapters on bacteriology have been rewritten
• Vital areas of patient care including management of hospital waste have been detailed and patient safety introduced
• Adequate stress has been placed on different aspects of immunology
• Overall, chapters are more structured, containing more tables, coloured photographs and flow charts to enhance the lucidity of the book.
• Every chapter is equipped with Things to Remember and Revision Questions at its end.
• The Role of Nurse boxes have been added, as it has been the focus throughout the book
• Interesting information about the ongoing topic is at hand at Do You Know boxes 

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to Microbiology

Chapter 2 Normal Flora of the Human Body

Chapter 3 Microscopy and Morphology of Bacteria

Chapter 4 Growth and Nutrition of Bacteria

Chapter 5 Study of Bacteria

Chapter 6 Collection and Transport of Specimens for Microbiological Examination

Chapter 7 Hospital-Acquired Infection: An Overview

Chapter 8 Disinfection

Chapter 9 Sterilization

Chapter 10 Management of Hospital Waste

Chapter 11 Patient Safety

Chapter 12 Microbiological Investigation of an Outbreak

Chapter 13 Measures to Minimize Occupational Hazards of Health Care Workers

Chapter 14 Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance

Chapter 15 Immunity

Chapter 16 Antigens

Chapter 17 Antibodies (Immunoglobulin)

Chapter 18 Antigen–Antibody Reactions

Chapter 19 The Complement System

Chapter 20 Immune Response

Chapter 21 Hypersensitivity

Chapter 22 Prevention of Infection by Immunization

Chapter 23 Water-Borne and Food-Borne Diseases

Chapter 24 The Cocci

Chapter 25 The Bacilli and the Vibrios

Chapter 26 The Spirochaetes

Chapter 27 Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, Rickettsia and Ehrlichia

Chapter 28 The Fungi

Chapter 29 The Viruses – Part I: DNA Viruses

Chapter 30 The Viruses – Part II: RNA Viruses

Chapter 31 Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Microbiology

Chapter 32 Parasitology

Chapter 33 Vectors and Disease