The sixth edition of Textbook of Microbiology is thoroughly revised and updated to keep the pace with the rapidly increasing information in medical sciences. Due to overwhelming response of earlier editions from the medical fraternity and students, the new edition of the book was therefore a need.
Highlight This is the thoroughly revised and updated text written keeping in mind the latest competency based undergraduate curriculum for the Indian medical graduate prescribed by medical Council of India. Key features: • Each chapter is carefully updated and expanded to include new medically relevant discoveries. • The book is divided into seven sections: General Bacteriology; Systemic Bacteriology; Virology; Medical Mycology; Clinical Microbiology; Bacteriology of Water, Milk and Air, and Biological Warfare; and Quality Assurance, Ethics and Overview of Microbiology. Additions: A chapter on automation in microbiology New illustrations at various places for better understanding. The component of pathological basis of infectious diseases Zika virus described in the chapter of arboviruses. Laboratory diagnosis of various microbial infections has been simplified with the help of flowcharts. Illustrated with colored and computer-drawn figures, and clinical photographs and photomicrographs for better understanding of the biology of microorganisms. For quick review and recapitulation for exams each chapter has relevant: Key points, further reading, essay-type, short answer and multiple choice questions In the beginning of the chapters the competencies are given to help students to perform better in the examination At the end of each chapter the latest national and international references are given for the inquisitive minds. Overview of microbiology in the last chapter summarizes the whole book. The book is: Highly useful to Undergraduate medical students. Useful resource for teachers of microbiology and other specialties including infectious diseases Also helpful to BDS, MSc and MD Microbiology students
DR Arora, MD, PhD, MNAMS, Ex-Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana; and Maharaja Agarsen 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 nine 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. Brij Bala Arora, MD, Ex-Senior Professor and Head, Department of Pathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana; Ex-Director-Principal and Senior Professor and Head, Department of Pathology, SGT Medical College, Gurugram,Haryana,had more than 42 years of teaching experience in pathology to medical,dental and nursing undergraduate and postgraduate students. She had published five textbooks, and 175 research articles in several indexed national and international journals of repute. Her research on AgNOR staining technique received international importance and paper on morphometric analysis of AgNOR in lymph node lesions was published in “Advances in Clinical Pathology 6:95-99, 2002”. She had supervised 67 PG students of PhD, MD, MS, MDS and DNB. She had been examiner for BSc Nursing,BDS,MBBS,MD,DNB and PhD of a number of universities. She had been conferred MAMCOS scroll of honour in VIII Annual Conference on 20th December 1994 at Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi; Bharat Jyoti Award for outstanding services, achievements and contributions on 23rd June 2006 at New Delhi and International Gold Star Award 2010 for outstanding achievements at 25th Indo-Thai Entrepreneurs Summit on 27th August, 2010 at Bangkok, Thailand.Her 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 her as one of the leading healthcare professionals from around the world. She had also been conferred Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of outstanding achievements at 33rd National Seminar on December 4th, 2012, New Delhi at Indian Achievers Forum.
