Part I. General Microbiology -- 1. Introduction and History of Microbiology -- 2. Classification, Nomenclature and Taxonomy of Microbes -- 3. Microscopy -- 4. Sterilisation and Disinfection -- 5. Microbial Genetics -- 6. Human Normal Microbial Flora and Microbiome -- 7. Microbial Infections -- 8. Diagnostic Methods in Microbial Infections -- 9. Genomics, Proteomics and Molecular Biology in Microbiology -- Part II. Immunology -- 10. Immunity -- 11. Structure and Function of Immune System -- 12. Antigen -- 13. Antibodies -- 14. Complement System -- 15. Antigen-Antibody Reactions -- 16. Immune Response -- 17. Hypersensitivity -- 18. Autoimmunity -- 19. Immunodeficiency Diseases -- 20. Immunology of Transplantation and Malignancy -- 21. Immunohaematology and Immunoprophylaxis -- Part III. Bacteriology -- 22. Introduction to Bacteriology -- 23. Antimicrobial Therapy -- 24. Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases -- 25. Staphylococcus -- 26. Streptococcus, Enterococcus and Pneumococcus -- 27. Neisseria and Moraxella -- 28. Corynebacterium and Coryneform Bacteria -- 29. Bacillus -- 30. Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- 31. Mycobacterium leprae, Mycobacterium lepraemurium and Non-tuberculosis Mycobacteria -- 32. Actinomycetes -- 33. Clostridium -- 34. Non-Sporing Anaerobes -- 35. Coliforms -- 36. Salmonella and Shigella -- 37. Yersinia, Pasteurella and Francisella -- 38. Pseudomonas, Burkholderia and Acinetobacter -- 39. Vibrio, Aeromonas and Plesiomonas -- 40. Haemophilus and Bordetella -- 41. Brucella -- 42. Campylobacter and Helicobacter -- 43. Treponema, Borrelia and Leptospira -- 44. Rickettsiaceae, Orientia, Ehrlichia and Coxiella -- 45. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma -- 46. Chlamydia and Chlamydophila -- 47. Miscellaneous Bacteria -- Part IV. Virology -- 48. Introduction to Viruses -- 49. Antiviral Agents -- 50. Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Diseases -- 51. Bacteriophages -- 52. Poxviruses -- 53. Herpesviruses -- 54.Adenoviruses -- 55. Picornaviruses -- 56. Orthomyxoviruses -- 57. Paramyxoviruses -- 58. Arboviruses (Arthropod-borne Viruses) and Rodent-borne -- 59. Rhabdoviruses -- 60. Hepatitis Viruses -- 61. Retrovirus -- 62. Slow Virus and Prion Diseases -- 63. Oncogenic Viruses -- 64. Miscellaneous Viruses -- Part. V Mycology -- 65. Introduction to Mycology -- 66. Superficial, Cutaneous and Subcutaneous Mycoses -- 67. Systemic Mycoses and Opportunistic Infections -- Part VI. Applied and Clinical Microbiology -- 68. Bacteriology of Water, Milk, Air and Food -- 69. Biomedical Waste Management -- 70. Healthcare-Associated Infections -- 71. Infective Syndromes: A System and Organ-Based Approach -- 72. Quality Assurance in Diagnostic Microbiology -- Glossary -- Further Readings -- Index.