Essentials of Microbiology an Integrated Clinical Based Approach Including Parasitology

This book has been written and designed in accordance with the latest CBME Guidelines. In a first level medical microbiology programme, a strict clinical system-wise study of the microbes would not only hinder the understanding and concept building of microbiology in the medical students but may imprint erroneous perceptions, as most microbes know no anatomical borders. Competency Based Undergraduate Curriculum for the Indian Medical Graduate advocates a horizontal and vertical integration of microbiology with other subjects on the basis of clinical systems. On this ground, microbiology has been a victim in the new CBME Guidelines. How does one approach this dilemma? The book has introduced more than 100 integrated clinical cases (including 23 on parasitic diseases); referenced clinical system-wise in exclusive infectious diseases section and dealt in the relevant microbiology category. So the book imbibes the spirit and word of the competency-based curriculum and yet retains the traditional approach of microbe learning for greater understanding. It has bidirectional linkages, which permit navigation from clinical cases to core microbiology and otherwise. The book has been designed primarily for induction of the subject to the medical undergraduates and not as a postgraduate entrance book, yet would be helpful in the latter respect.