SEMESTER – IV
DSC – 2D
APMB 242 MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY (3 credits)
Unit - I
Infection: definition, sources of infection, types of infections, methods of transmission of infections. General attributes and virulence factors of bacteria causing infections.
Unit - II
Collection and transport of specimens for microbiological examination. Clinical diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases, urinary tract infections and hospital acquired infections. Methods of disposal of hospital waste.
Unit - III
Morphology, classification, cultural characteristics, pathogenicity, laboratory diagnosis and prevention of infections caused by the following organisms: Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae,
Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Clostridium tetani, Clostridium botulinum.
.Unit – IV
Morphology, cultural characteristics, pathogenicity, laboratory diagnosis and prevention of infections caused by the following organisms: Escherichia coli, Shigella, Salmonella, Vibrio cholerae, Pseudomonas, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium leprae.
Unit - V
Morphology, cultural characteristics, pathogenicity, laboratory diagnosis and prevention of infections caused by the following organisms: Zoonotic bacterial diseases such as plague, anthrax, leptospirosis, brucellosis.
Text Books
1. Collee, J.C., Fraser A.C., Marmion B.P. and Simmons A. (2007) Mackie & McCartney Practical Medical Microbiology, 14th Edn. Elsevier Health Sciences.
2. Ananthanarayan R. and Kapil A. (2013) Ananthanarayan & Panicker’s Text book of Microbiology, 9th Edn. Paperback, Orient BlackSwan.
Reference Books
1. Forbes B.A. Sham D.E. and Weissfeld A.S. (2007) Bailey and Scotts Diagnostic Microbiology 12th Edn, Mosby Publications.
2. Brooks G., Carrol K.C. Butel J. and Morse S. (2012) Jawetz Melnick and Adelberg Medical Microbiology, 26th Edn. Lange Medical Publications.
3. Greenwood, D., Slack R.C.B., Barer M.R. and Irving W.L. (2012) Medical Microbiology,18th Edn. Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.