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• All the chapters have been updated with the latest epidemiology, laboratory diagnosis and treatment. Each chapter contains Chapter Review, Recent 2015-2018 MCQs with detailed explanations, and biomedical waste management rules 2016 (with 2018-19 amendment) included. </br></br>• NEET Pattern 2019 MCQs added as a separate chapter in the beginning. </br></br>• All recent information, such as Zika Virus, EBOLA virus, Polio eradication, Dengue vaccine, Vaccine-derived Polio Viruses (VDPVs), MERS-CoV, and updates in bacterial drug resistance, etc. have been incorporated. </br></br>• Newer sterilization indicators, CSSD, newer automations (MALDITOF, VITEK, BacT/ALERT VIRTUO), newer molecular methods (LAMP, Real-time PCR, Biofire FilmArray, etc.) included. </br></br>• MRSA, VRSA, VRE, Pneumococcal vaccines, DPT vaccine, epidemiology of meningococcal meningitis, tuberculosis (GeneXpert, MGIT, TrueNat, Drug Susceptibility Testing methods, latest RNTCP guidelines), melioidosis, scrub typhus, yaws eradication program have been thoroughly updated. </br></br>• Laboratory diagnosis, treatment and PEP of HBV and HCV updated thoroughly. </br></br>• Nipah virus (including the Kerala outbreak, 2018), poliomyelitis (update in vaccine schedule, epidemiology and end game strategy) included. </br></br>• Hospital Infection Control chapter has been thoroughly updated with topics such as biomedical waste (2016 guideline, with 2018-19 amendment), needle stick injury, antimicrobial stewardship and environmental surveillance. </br></br>• Recent questions included from NEET PG Pattern (till 2019), AIIMS (2005-2018 Nov), PGI (2005-2018 Nov), JIPMER (2005-2018 Nov), DNB Pattern (till 2019), and latest MCQs from other national and state entrances. </br></br>• Image-based question bank is further strengthened with new images (more than 500 images are included in respective chapters). </br></br>• Fully updated with latest references from Harrison (19th/e & 20th/e), Park (24th/e), Jawetz (27th/e), Apurba Sastry’s Essentials of Medical Microbiology (2nd/e), Apurba Sastry’s Essentials of Medical Parasitology (2nd/e), and Ananthanarayan (10th/e). </br></br>• Only MCQ book on Microbiology written by the subject specialists and textbook authors. </br></br>• Thoroughly revised and updated in full color layout. </br></br>• Chapterwise concise text in a new layout for enabling the students to study antegrade manner and important points given in separate boxes. </br></br>• Chapterwise MCQs with detailed explanations given from previous year exams of National and State exams including DNB and NEET pattern questions. </br></br>• Separate Annexures section containing important exam-oriented rapid-fire topics. </br></br>• More emphasis is given to the sections, like Immunology, Parasitology and Mycology. </br></br>• Contains lots of tables, flowcharts, mnemonics which help the students for better recall. </br></br>• Author online support for clarification of doubts.
