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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.
• NEET Pattern 2019 MCQs added as a separate chapter in the beginning.
• 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.
• Newer sterilization indicators, CSSD, newer automations (MALDITOF, VITEK, BacT/ALERT VIRTUO), newer molecular methods (LAMP, Real-time PCR, Biofire FilmArray, etc.) included.
• 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.
• Laboratory diagnosis, treatment and PEP of HBV and HCV updated thoroughly.
• Nipah virus (including the Kerala outbreak, 2018), poliomyelitis (update in vaccine schedule, epidemiology and end game strategy) included.
• 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.
• 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.
• Image-based question bank is further strengthened with new images (more than 500 images are included in respective chapters).
• 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).
• Only MCQ book on Microbiology written by the subject specialists and textbook authors.
• Thoroughly revised and updated in full color layout.
• Chapterwise concise text in a new layout for enabling the students to study antegrade manner and important points given in separate boxes.
• Chapterwise MCQs with detailed explanations given from previous year exams of National and State exams including DNB and NEET pattern questions.
• Separate Annexures section containing important exam-oriented rapid-fire topics.
• More emphasis is given to the sections, like Immunology, Parasitology and Mycology.
• Contains lots of tables, flowcharts, mnemonics which help the students for better recall.
• Author online support for clarification of doubts.
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