The subject of laboratory medicine is growing on a fast pace.There is a need for comprehensive, concise and simple textbook of microbiology for DMLT and paramedical courses, and this textbook aims to fill the void.
The textbook is divided into seven sections General Bacteriology Immunology Systemic Bacteriology Virology Mycology Parasitology and Nosocomial Infections. The text has been presented in a lucid manner for the students to help them imbibe the basics of the subject. It is illustrated with colour figures and clinical photographs. Diagrams of the life-cycles of parasites are computer-drawn and simple line sketches. This makes the textbook colourful and the readers can have better understanding of the biology of the organisms discussed. The textbook is easy to understand, user-friendly, and will prove to be highly useful to the students of DMLT and other paramedical courses.
D R Arora, MD, PhD, MNAMS, Ex-Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana; and Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha, Haryana; Ex-Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Medical Superintendent, and Dean, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana; Lead Assessor and Member, Accreditation Committee, National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), Gurugram, Haryana; Principal Assessor, National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH), New Delhi; Assessor, National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET), New Delhi, has more than 43 years of teaching experience in microbiology to medical and dental undergraduate and postgraduate students. Besides conducting and supervising research in microbiology, he has published 11 textbooks on microbiology, parasitology and mycology, and 150 research articles in several indexed national and international journals of repute. The results of his research on malaria parasites and Klebsiella pneumoniae have been cited in World Health Organization, WHO/MAL/8310003 and Topley & Wilson`s Microbiology and Microbial Infections, Bacteriology, Vol 2, 10th edn, 2005, respectively. He has supervised a number of PG students of PhD, MD and MS. In appreciation of outstanding research carried out by him in India on bacteriocins of Klebsiella pneumoniae,he was awarded Smt.Kunti Mehrotra Award of Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists in 1983.In recognition of significant contribution to the advancement of medical sciences,he was elected Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences, India in 1985. He has been a Visiting Professor at University of Mauritius in 1989. He was awarded WHO fellowship on Laboratory Aspects of HIV/AIDS and STD at Community Health Surveillance and Laboratories Administration, Baltimore, Maryland, USA in 1992. He was honoured by Indian Medical Association, Kaithal, Haryana on the eve of Doctors` Day on 01.07.1999. He has been examiner for BDS, MBBS, MD, DNB and PhD microbiology of a number of universities.His biography including academic activities and research work has been published in Who`s Who in Medicine and Healthcare 2011 12 (8th edn), NJ 07922, USA, distinguishing him as one of the leading healthcare professionals from around the world.
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