Syllabus (MICROBIOLOGY paper III)
S. No | Topic | Domain | Hours
(Total-70) |
1 | Immunology
Microbial pathogenicity Immunity: Innate immunity Acquired immunity(adaptive immunity) Active and passive immunity |
Must know |
4 |
2
|
Components of immune system :
Organs of immune system |
Must know |
4 |
B Lymphocytes and plasma cells | Must know | ||
T lymphocytes and their subsets and Natural killer cells
Macrophages and dendritic cells |
Must know | ||
3 | Immune response
Humoral immunity i) Cell-mediated immunity |
Must know | 2 |
Must know | 2 | ||
4 | Types of hypersensitivity reactions | Desirable to know | 2 |
5 | Autoimmunity | Desirable to know | 2 |
6 | Cytokines | Nice to know | 1 |
7 | Antigen &Antibody
Antigens Types of antibodies and classes of immunoglobulins |
Must know | 4 |
8 | Complement | Desirable to know | 2 |
9 | Types of antigen-antibody reactions
Precipitation, Agglutination Complement Fixation Test, Neutralization ELISA, Immunofluorescence ,Radioimmunoassay, Opsonisation |
Must know Nice to know Must know |
2 1 1 |
10 | Monoclonal Antibodies | Must know | 2 |
11 | Transplantation immunology and HLA typing | Nice to know | 3 |
12 | Systematic Bacteriology
Classification, Morphology, Genotypic &Phenotypic characteristics, Pathogenesis Disease caused, Lab Diagnosis &Prophylaxis of Rare pathogens Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, Legionella, Actinomycosis&Nocordia Rickettsia |
Must know
Nice to know
Must know |
4
2
1 |
13 | Applied Microbiology
Bacteriology of Water, Milk, and Air Laboratory Diagnosis of – Urinary Tract Infections – Diarrhea & Dysentery – Meningitis – Blood stream infection – Respiratory infection – Sexually Transmitted Diseases – Viral hepatitis – HIV – Skin, soft tissue & wound infection |
Desirable to know Must know Nice to know Must know Must know Must know Desirable to know Must know Desirable to know |
1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 |
14 | Molecular techniques in diagnostic microbiology-PCR,
DNA hybridization etc |
Must know
Desirable to know |
2
3 |
15 | Biomedical waste management | Desirable to know | 2 |
16 | Biosafety levels and biosafety cabinets | Must know | 2 |
17 | Health care associated infections | Must know | 4 |
18 | Universal Precautions | Nice to know | 1 |
17 | Occupationally acquired infections in health care settings | Must know | 4 |
18 | Vaccination for health care personnel | Must know | 2 |
19 | Maintenance of laboratory records, Audit | Nice to know | 1 |
Syllabus (Microbiology practical paper III)
S. No | Topic | Domain | Hours |
1. | Staining
i) Grams staining ii) ZN staining iii) Albert’s staining Hanging drop preparation Culture methods I. Culture media II. Culture techniques Introduction to biochemical reactions Identification of bacterial culture i) Colony characteristics ii) Morphological characteristics iii) Motility study Interpretation of biochemical reactions Antibiotic sensitivity testing-Kirby Bauer method ImmunologySerologicaltests i) Specimen collection, Principle, Methods, Procedure ii) Demonstration of HIV, HCV, HBC, Dengue, iii) Rapid test for Malaria, iv) Demonstration of ASO, CRP, RA, Widal, VDRL, Typhidot |
Must know | 20 |
2. | Applied
Biomedical Waste management |
Desirable to know | 5 |
3. | Maintenance of equipment | Nice to know | 5 |