Essentials of Medical Microbiology

Hospital infection control as a new section – containing many new chapters such as HAI surveillance, Biomedical Waste Rule 2016, Needle Stick Injury, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Environmental Surveillance.�Clinical infective syndromes � made into a separate section with each syndrome divided into a separate chapter. Each chapter begins with clinical case scenarios. �Updates made in recent advances in laboratory diagnosis, treatment guideline and vaccine prophylaxis of each infectious disease. �Latest epidemiology updates of infectious diseases included-recent outbreaks and geographical distribution with special emphasis to include latest data on Indian epidemiology. �References followed from Koneman 7th/ed, Harrison 19th/ed, Mandell 8th/ed, Bailey & Scott’s 14th/ed, Manson 23rd/ed, Plotkin’s Vaccines 7th/ed, CDC and WHO websites and health care program/guidelines such as NCDC, RNTCP, NACO, NVBDCP and GPEI, etc. �Newer topics included such as advances in sterilization (plasma sterilization, sterilization indicators), automations (MALDITOF, VITEK, Bac T/ALERT), molecular methods (real-time PCR, LAMP and Bio Fire Film Array), serological methods (lg G avidity test, ELFA, CLIA methods), newer emerging diseases (including Nipah virus, Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus and Zika virus). �Important topics such as tuberculosis, HIV, hepatitis B and C viruses have been updated with latest diagnosis and treatment guidelines. �Inclusion of more tables, flowcharts, real images and schematic diagrams-for better understanding. Additional ISBNs JPS9789352704798Essentials of Medical Microbiology 2nd Edition is written by Apurba S Sastry, Sandhya Bhat and published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Pvt, Ltd.. ISBNs for Essentials of Medical Microbiology are JPS9789352704798 and the print ISBNs are 9789352704798, 9352704797. Additional ISBNs include JPS9789352704798.