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1 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH DEEMED UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE, PUNE General Microbiology 1. Morphology of bacteria 2. Growth and nutrition of bacteria 3. Sterilization and disinfection 4. Culture media 5. Culture methods ( Department of Microbiology) PhD syllabus 6. Identification of bacteria 7. Host parasite relationship 8. Bacterial genetics, genetic engineering and its applications 9. Antibacterial substances, mechanism of action, mechanism of drug resistance and antibiotic sensitivity testing 10. Quality control and quality assurance in microbiology 11. Automation in Microbiology laboratory 12. Laboratory biosafety & Biomedical waste management IMMUNOLOGY 13. Antigen 14. Structure of Immunoglobulin s and properties of various Immunoglobulins 15. Complement 16. Antigen and antibody reactions 17. Hypersensitivity 18. Immunodeficiency 19. Autoimmunity

2 BACTERIOLOGY 20. Staphylococcus 21. Streptococcus 22. Neisseria, 23. Corynebacterium diphtheriae 24. Bacillus 25. Clostridium 26. Nonsporing anaerobes, 27. Enterobacteriacae- E.coli, Klebsiella, Proteus, Salmonella, Shigella 28. Vibrios, Halophilic vibrio 29. Pseudomonas 30. Yersinia, 31. Haemophilus, Bordetella and Brucella 32. Mycobacteria 33. Spirochaetes 34. Mycoplasma 36. Rickettsiae 37. Chlamydiae 38. Emerging bacterial pathogens- H.pylori, Acinetobacter Virology: 39. General properties of viruses 40. Laboratory diagnosis of viral infections 41. Herpes viruses 42. Orthomyxoviruses 43. Paramyxoviruses 44. Enteroviruses :-Polio, 45. Hepatitis viruses 46. Rhabdoviruses 47. Human Immunodeficiency viruses 48. Oncogenic viruses 49. Arboviruses 50. Emerging viral diseases- Parasitology( Morphology, lifecycle, pathogenicity and laboratory diagnosis) 51. Protozoan parasites of medical importance- Entamoeba, Giardia, Trichomonas, Leishmania, Trypanosoma, plasmodium, Toxoplasma, Cryptosporidium 52. Helminthology

3 a)cestodes: - b)trematodes: Nematodes:Intestinal and tissue nematodes Mycology( Morphology, pathogenicity and laboratory diagnosis) 54. General properties of fungi, morphology, classification, 55. Laboratory diagnosis of fungal infections 56. Fungi causing superficial mycoses 57. Fungi causing subcutaneous mycoses 58. Fungi causing systemic infections 59. Opportunistic fungi 60. Mycotic poisoning 61. Antimycotic agents Applied Clinical microbiology 62. Hospital acquired infections 63. Etiology and laboratory diagnosis of PUO, UTI, Meningitis, Diarhoea, Dysentry, Sexually transmitted diseases, URTI, Wound infections, LRTI, Zoonotic infections, food poisoning, 64. Recent advances in diagnostic technology 65. Outbreak investigations and disaster management 66. Biological warfare Examination pattern 1 paper of 100 marks. 10 questions of 10 marks each. There will be 1 long question from each section and remaining 3 questions of short notes.

4 BHARATI VIDYAPEETH DEEMED UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE, PUNE General Microbiology ( Department of Microbiology) PhD syllabus for MSc ( Medical Microbiology) 1. Morphology of bacteria 2. Growth and nutrition of bacteria 3. Sterilization and disinfection 4. Culture media 5. Culture methods 6. Identification of bacteria 7. Host parasite relationship 8. Bacterial genetics, genetic engineering and its applications 9. Antibacterial substances, mechanism of action, mechanism of drug resistance and antibiotic sensitivity testing 10. Quality control and quality assurance in microbiology 11. Automation in Microbiology laboratory 12. Laboratory biosafety & Biomedical waste management IMMUNOLOGY 13. Antigen 14. Structure of Immunoglobulin s and properties of various Immunoglobulins 15. Complement 16. Antigen and antibody reactions 17. Hypersensitivity 18. Immunodeficiency 19. Autoimmunity

5 BACTERIOLOGY 20. Staphylococcus 21. Streptococcus 22. Neisseria, 23. Corynebacterium diphtheriae 24. Bacillus 25. Clostridium 26. Nonsporing anaerobes, 27. Enterobacteriacae- E.coli, Klebsiella, Proteus, Salmonella, Shigella 28. Vibrios, Halophilic vibrio 29. Pseudomonas 30. Yersinia, 31. Haemophilus, Bordetella and Brucella 32. Mycobacteria 33. Spirochaetes 34. Mycoplasma 36. Rickettsiae 37. Chlamydiae 38. Emerging bacterial pathogens- H.pylori, Acinetobacter Virology: 39. General properties of viruses 40. Laboratory diagnosis of viral infections 41. Herpes viruses 42. Orthomyxoviruses 43. Paramyxoviruses 44. Enteroviruses :-Polio, 45. Hepatitis viruses 46. Rhabdoviruses 47. Human Immunodeficiency viruses 48. Oncogenic viruses 49. Arboviruses 50. Emerging viral diseases- Parasitology( Morphology, lifecycle, pathogenicity and laboratory diagnosis) 51. Protozoan parasites of medical importance-

6 Entamoeba, Giardia, Trichomonas, Leishmania, Trypanosoma, plasmodium, Toxoplasma, Cryptosporidium 52. Helminthology a)cestodes: - b)trematodes: Nematodes:Intestinal and tissue nematodes Mycology( Morphology, pathogenicity and laboratory diagnosis) 54. General properties of fungi, morphology, classification, 55. Laboratory diagnosis of fungal infections 56. Fungi causing superficial mycoses 57. Fungi causing subcutaneous mycoses 58. Fungi causing systemic infections 59. Opportunistic fungi 60. Mycotic poisoning 61. Antimycotic agents Applied Clinical microbiology 62. Etiology and laboratory diagnosis of PUO, UTI, Meningitis, Diarhoea, Dysentry, Sexually transmitted diseases, URTI, Wound infections, LRTI, Zoonotic infections, food poisoning, Examination pattern 1 paper of 100 marks. 10 questions of 10 marks each. There will be 1 long question from each section and remaining 3 questions of short notes.

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