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Well balanced coverage of fundamental aspects such as General Bacteriology, Immunology, Systemic Bacteriology, Virology, Medical Mycology, Miscellaneous and Diagnostic Medical Microbiology. Examines etiology, epidemiology, classification, host defences, identification, diagnosis, prevention, and control for each microbe in consistently organized chapters. Each chapter consist of learning objectives at the beginning which point wise outlines what is to learned after reading the particular chapter and at the end know more, key points and suggestions for further reading are given to inculcate more information about the microbes. Correlates basic science with clinical practice through review questions at the end of each chapter which helps to understand the clinical relevance of the organisms examined. Aptly illustrated with tables and more than 425 coloured illustrated figures, and photographs.