Essentials of Microbiology

647 Pages·2015·56.566 MB·English

by  Surinder Kumar

Essentials of
Microbiology

Essentials of
Microbiology
Surinder Kumar
MD DNB MNAMS
Director Professor
Department of Microbiology
Maulana Azad Medical College
New Delhi, India
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Essentials of Microbiology
First Edition: 2016
ISBN 978-93-5152-380-2
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Dedicated to
My father
Late Shri Lachhman Das
My mother
Late Smt Bal Kaur
My wife
Dr (Prof) Savita Kumari
and my sons
Dr Sourabh Kumar and Sanchit Kumar
whose love and affection make everything I do possible.

Preface
Microbiology is an extremely diverse discipline and can be a bewildering field to the novice. The
traditional books, seem to be exhaustive of microbiologic facts, are too voluminous and detailed to be
read by a typical medical student, who is trying to keep up with simultaneously several classes of other
subjects. One of the ways to fulfill the goals of the book is to concentrate on understanding concepts—
important fundamental ideas or themes that form a framework of the subject. Essentials of Microbiology
is the result of the author’s 28 years of experience in teaching medical students. The book is readable and
complete enough to meet the students’ needs. The overall objective of this book is to provide students
the basics of medical microbiology as well as a complete coverage of the subject. It contains all of the
information that is pertinent to the medical students who are studying microbiology keeping in mind
their examination.
Although the text has been designed to teach undergraduate and postgraguate medical students, it
would also serve as a review tool for the individuals who are taking medical examinations and persons
working in health-related professions, physicians, and infectious disease scientists.
Microbiology has expanded beyond recognition with various medical specialty, and it is not possible
for any one book to cover all aspects of medical microbiology in depth. This book is divided into
the following seven sections, based on the major disciplines included within microbiology: General
Bacteriology, Immunology, Systemic Bacteriology, Virology, Medical Mycology, Miscellaneous, and
Diagnostic Medical Microbiology. The chapters themselves are comprehensive yet free of unnecessary
detail and provide the reader with a framework for understanding. Mycology and parasitology have
continued to flourish and have blossomed into fields of study of their own rights. Therefore, parasitology
has not been included in this book which has a sturdy independence.
I would be thankful for any comments or suggestions from students, teachers, and all the readers of
this book for further improvements in its future editions.
Surinder Kumar

Acknowledgments
This book took years in writing but a lifetime in preparation. I would like to thank those whose example,
teaching, and prodding helped me develop a thirst for knowledge as well as methods for quenching
that thirst. I am greatly indebted to a number of my mentors, friends and colleagues who encouraged
me and gave valuable suggestions for improving the text. I am always indebted to my late brother Sant
Swaran Dev whose advice, guidance and true life philosophy gave me strength and courage to continue
my work in all odds. I would like to thank my family for patiently enduring the writing of this book,
which seemed at times to be an endless process. I am especially grateful to my wife Dr Savita Kumari,
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Institute and Medical Education and Research
(PGIMER), Chandigarh, for her support and encouragement and to my two sons, Dr Sourabh Kumar
and Mr Sanchit Kumar (medical student) who gave me their valuable moments without any complaint
for completing this book, so I could retain my sanity.
My special thanks is to Dr Sanjeev R Saigal, my PhD student and now my Research Associate Indian
Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for his constant help for this book. Sincere appreciation also goes
to all staff of M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd., New Delhi, for their guidance and support
in this project.