The short textbook of medical microbiology for nurses / Satish Gupte

Includes Index

Table of Contents. – Ch. 1 General microbiology - - Microbiology and nurses - - Infection control team - - Infection control nurse - - History and scope - - Branches of microbiology - - Biological weapon. – Ch. 3 Morphology of Bacteria - - Cell wall - - Cytoplasmic membrane - - Cytoplasm - - Spores - - Fimbriae - - Unstained preparations - - Gram’s stain. – Ch. 4 Nutritional requirements of Bacteria - - Moisture - - Growth curve - - Bacterial reproduction. – Ch. 5 Media for Bacterial growth - - Types of fluid media - - Solid media - - Classification of media. – Ch. 6 Classification and identification of Bacteria - - Biological classification - - Identification of bacteria - - Common staining techniques - - Staining reaction - - Biochemical reactions. – Ch. 7 Sterilization and Disinfection - - Application of disinfectants - - Precautions in use of hot air oven - - Sterilization control - - Autoclave - - Types of autoclave - - Sterilization by filtration - - Radiation. – Ch. 8 Infection - - Classification of infection - - Sources and methods of transmission of infection - - Characters of pathogens. – Ch. 9 Chemotherapeutic agents - - laboratory use of antibiotics. – Ch. 10 Bacterial genetics - - Structure of DNA - - Features of bacterial plasmids - - Lysogenic conversion - - Drug resistance. – Ch. 11 Immunity - - Application of immunology - - Acquired immunity - - Vaccination - - Immunization - - Newer vaccines. – Ch. 12 Antigen - - Antigenic determinant. – Ch. 13 Antibodies-immunoglobulins - - Papain and pepsin digestion - - Immunoglobulin classes. – Ch. 14 Antigen and antibody reactions - - Precipitation - - Lattice hypothesis - - Agglutination reactions - - Neutralization test - - Immunoelectron microscopic test. – Ch.15 The Complement system - - Biological functions of complement. – Ch. 16 Hypersensitivity - - History - - Mechanism - - Classification - - Immune complex diseases - - Granulomatous reactions. – Ch. 17 Immunohematology - - Blood group - - H-Substance - - The Rh system. – Ch. 18 Miscellaneous - - Immune deficiency syndrome - - AIDS - - Immunology of transplantation - - Immunological tolerance - - Monoclonal antibodies. – Ch. 19 Sytemic bacteriology - - Staphylococcus - - Pigment production - - Biotypes - - Enzymes - - Toxins - - Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus. – Ch. 20 Streptococcus - - Streptococcus Pyogenes. – Ch. 21 Pneumococcus. – Ch. 22 Neisseria - - Neisseria Meningitidis - - Neisseria gonorrhoeae - - Commensal neisseriae - - Non-gonococcal Urethritis - - Etiology. – Ch. 23 Corynebacterium - - Biochemical reactions - - Pathogenicity - - Bacteriological investigations - - Diphtheroids. – Ch. 24 Mycobacteria - - Determinants of mycobacteria - - Tuberculosis pathology - - BCG Vaccine - - Atypical mycobacteria - - Skin Pathogens. – Ch. 25 Bacillus - - Bacillus anthrax - - Biochemical reactions - - Bacillus subtilus. – Ch. 26 Clostridium - - Nagler’s reaction - - Clostridium bolutinum - - Morphology - - Pathogenesis. – Ch. 27 Enterobacteriaceae - - Escherichia coli - - Citrobacter - - Hafnia - - Serratia. – Ch. 28 Pseudomonas - - Aeruginosa - - Pyocyanea – Ch. 29 Vibrio - - Brucella - - Hemophilus - - Spirochaetes - Ch. 30 Virology - - General characteristics of viruses - - Classification of viruses – Ch. 31 DNA viruses. – Ch. 32 RNA viruses – Ch. 33 Severe acute respiratory syndrome. – Ch. 34 Avian Influenza (Bird Flu). – Ch. 35 Mycology - - Morphological classification of fungi - - Ch. 36 Serology - - Microsporum - - Trichophyton - - Chromoblastomycosis – Ch. 38 Parasitology and Medical entomology - - Protozoa - - Rhizopoda - - Habitants - - Precystic stage - - Mastigophora - - Symptomatology - - Trichomonas vaginalis - - Mode of transmission. – Ch. 39 Trypanosoma Cruzi - - Leishmania donovani - - Ch. 40 Helminths - - Nematodes - -Trichinella spiralis - - Dracunculus medinensis - - Mansonella ozzardi - - Trematodes. – Ch. 41 Medical Entomology - - Sources of pathogens transmitted by insects - - Physiology of insects - - Biology of insects - - Life cycle of insects. – Ch. 42 Clinical microbiology - - The normal flora - - Skin - - Nose and Mouth - - Gastrointestinal tract. – Ch. 43 Collection and transport of clinical specimens - - Collection and preliminary processing of specimens - - Diagnostic microbiology - - Urinary tract infection - - Meningitis - - Infective diarrhea - - Serological and skin tests - - Microbiology in the service of human being. – Ch. 44 Community microbiology - - Hospital infections - - Hand washing - - Hospital and laboratory wastes - - Emergency microbiology - - Visualization of the agent of disease - - Bacteriology of milk, air and water.