About

It would be a 'complete practical book' with tutorials at the beginning of each chapter helping the students understand the concepts.

Key Features

• Integrates practical & important theoretical concepts of Microbiology
• Every chapter divided in a tutorial, practical exercise, spotters and assignments
• Contains easy to reproduce diagrams during the practical exams
• Important case-wise Viva questions at the end of each chapter
• Sample cases at the end of each chapter for understanding the correlation

Table of Contents

PRACTICAL 1 Introduction to Microbiology Laboratory  

PRACTICAL 2 Microscopy

PRACTICAL 3 Gram staining

PRACTICAL 4 Bacterial Motility

PRACTICAL 5 Culture Media

PRACTICAL 6 Ziehl–Neelsen Staining Method

PRACTICAL 7 Common Biochemical Tests Used in Microbiology

PRACTICAL 8 Sterilization and Disinfection

PRACTICAL 9 Hand Hygiene

PRACTICAL 10 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

PRACTICAL 11 Staphylococcus aureus

PRACTICAL 12 Streptococcus pyogenes

PRACTICAL 13 Pneumococcus

PRACTICAL 14 Enterococcus

PRACTICAL 15 Escherichia coli

PRACTICAL 16 Klebsiella pneumoniae

PRACTICAL 17 Salmonella Typhi

PRACTICAL 18 Shigella

PRACTICAL 19 Proteus species

PRACTICAL 20 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

PRACTICAL 21 Corynebacterium

PRACTICAL 22 Clostridium

PRACTICAL 23 Bacillus

PRACTICAL 24 Haemophilus

PRACTICAL 25 Brucella

PRACTICAL 26 Neisseria .

PRACTICAL 27 Vibrio cholerae

PRACTICAL 28 Mycobacteria I .

PRACTICAL 29 Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

PRACTICAL 30 Bordetella

PRACTICAL 31 Serological Tests for Syphilis .. 69

PRACTICAL 32 Agglutination, Precipitation, and Complement Fixation test .. 175

PRACTICAL 33 Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) and Chemiluminescence Immunoassay (CLIA) .

PRACTICAL 34 Immunofluorescence and Western Blot

PRACTICAL 35 Rapid Diagnostic Tests

PRACTICAL 36 Molecular Methods in Diagnostic Microbiology

PRACTICAL 37 Culture Methods for Viral Diagnosis

PRACTICAL 38 HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)

PRACTICAL 39 Arboviruses

PRACTICAL 40 Hepatitis

PRACTICAL 41 Cutaneous Specimen and KOH Mount Preparation for Demonstration of Fungi

PRACTICAL 42 Lactophenol Cotton Blue (LCB) Stain

PRACTICAL 43 India Ink Preparation

PRACTICAL 44 Candida .

PRACTICAL 45 Filamentous Fungi Other Than Dermatophytes

PRACTICAL 46 Dermatophytes

PRACTICAL 47 Stool Examination for Detection of Intestinal Parasites

PRACTICAL 48 Stool Microscopy for Intestinal Parasites

PRACTICAL 49 Malaria

PRACTICAL 50 Filariasis

PRACTICAL 51 Kala-Azar ..

PRACTICAL 52 Biomedical Waste Management .

PRACTICAL 53 Collection and Processing of Samples from Respiratory

Tract Infections

PRACTICAL 54 Collection and Transport of Pus Sample for Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacterial Cultures

PRACTICAL 55 Collection of Blood Sample for Bacterial Culture

PRACTICAL 56 Collection, Transport, and Processing of Urine Samples for Culture

PRACTICAL 57 Collection, Transport, and Processing of CSF Samples for Bacterial Meningitis

PRACTICAL 58 Collection, Transport, and Storage of Blood Sample for Serological and Molecular Assays

REVISION EXERCISES 1

REVISION EXERCISES 2