SECTION I: GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY 1. History of Microbiology 2. Morphology and Physiology of Bacteria 3. Sterilization and Disinfection 4. Culture Media 5. Culture Methods 6. Laboratory Identification of Bacteria and Taxonomy 7. Bacterial Genetics 8.
Genetic Engineering and Molecular Methods 9. Antimicrobial Agents: Therapy and Resistance 10. Microbial Pathogenesis SECTION II: IMMUNOLOGY 11. Immunity 12. Antigen 13. Antibodies 14. Antigen-Antibody Reactions 15. Complement System 16.
Structure and Function of Immune System 17. Immune Response 18. Immunodeficiency 19. Hypersensitivity 20. Autoimmunity 21. Immunology of Transplantation and Malignancy 22. Immunohematology SECTION III: BACTERIOLOGY 23. Staphylococcus 24.
Streptococcus and Enterococcus 25. Pneumococcus 26. Neisseria 27. Corynebacterium 28. Bacillus 29. Clostridium 30. Nonsporing Anaerobes 31. Coliforms 32.
Salmonella 33. Shigella 34. Yersinia 35. Vibrio , Aeromonas , and Plesiomonas 36. Campylobacter and Helicobacter 37. Pseudomonas, Burkholderia, and Moraxella 38. Haemophilus , Pasteurella , and Actinobacillus 39. Bordetella and Francisella 40.
Brucella 41. Mycobacterium tuberculosis 42. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria 43. Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepraemurium 44. Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira 45. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma 46. Actinomycetes 47. Miscellaneous Bacteria 48.
Rickettsia, Orientia, Ehrlichia, and Coxiella 49. Chlamydia and Chlamydophila SECTION IV: VIROLOGY 50. General Properties of Viruses 51. Pathogenesis of Viral Infections 52. Antiviral Agents 53. Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Diseases 54. Bacteriophages 55. Poxviruses 56.
Papovaviruses 57. Herpesviruses 58. Adenoviruses 59. Parvoviruses 60. Picornaviruses 61. Orthomyxoviruses 62. Paramyxoviruses 63. Reoviruses 64.
Rhabdoviruses 65. Arboviruses 66. Hepatitis Viruses 67. Retroviruses 68. Human Immunodeficiency Virus 69. Slow Viruses and Prions 70. Miscellaneous Viruses SECTION V: MYCOLOGY 71. Introduction to Mycology 72.
Superficial, Cutaneous, and Subcutaneous Mycoses 73. Systemic Mycoses 74. Opportunistic Fungal Infections SECTION VI: APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 75. Normal Microbial Flora 76. Bacteriology of Water, Milk, and Air 77. Nosocomial Infections 78. Biomedical Waste Management 79. Immunoprophylaxis.